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Thousands attend "human tower" competition in Spain

A group from Vilafranca has won the celebrated “human tower” competition for the eighth consecutive time.

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[video 360°] Taste the Oktoberfest feeling

Discover the Wiesn, the location of the world famous beer festival in Munich.

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24 hours in Lima

Join euronews' Monica Pinna as she stretches out a day in the capital of Peru.

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Postcards from Uzbekistan: the Shakhi Zinda memorial complex

Samarkand's Shakhi Zinda memorial complex is a stunning collection of ancient tombs

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France's free flight extravaganza

Paragliders, hang gliders and parachutists were among those to feature at a free flight festival in the French Alps.

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Peruvian pleasures of the table

From the highest altitudes to the depths of the Pacific, Peru is rich in wild and untamed tastes unfamiliar to most palates. But now internationally-renowned chefs are putting Peru's cuisine on the ma

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Traveller's diary: from gastronomy's capital to coffee fields

Saudi Arabia

Hajj pilgrims 'stone the devil' amid tight security

No incident has been reported so far during the ritual that caused a devastating stampede last year.

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Postcards from Uzbekistan: Samarkand's lost art of papermaking

The paper made here was considered to be among the finest in the world

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Eid al-Adha celebrated around the world

Muslims around the world celebrate one of the most important festivals of the Islamic calendar on Monday (September 12): Eid al-Adha.

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Two million Muslims take part in Hajj pilgrimage

Some two million Muslims have converged on Mount Arafat for the second and most important day of the annual Hajj pilgrimage.

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Madrid: Thousand protesters call for an ban on bullfighting

Thousands rallied in Madrid on Saturday to call for an end to bullfighting, adding their voices to a growing animal rights movement that has prompted some local authorities to clamp down on the centur

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Thousands rally in Madrid against bullfighting

Several thousand animal rights activists have protested in central Madrid to demand a ban on bullfighting.

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Ganesh Chaturthi 2016

Devotees across India began celebrating the 11-day Ganesh festival on Monday to mark the birth of the popular Hindu god.

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World Nomad Games: creating cultural connections

Cholpon-Ata, a city in the heart of the Kyrgyz Republic, is host to the Second World Nomad Games, with athletes from over forty countries.

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El Salvador: fireballs battle with the devil

Locals in the town of Nejapa in El Salvador have gathered, to hurl fireballs at one another in honour of a huge volcanic eruption in 1922 which forced all of the residents to abandon the…

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Spain: Tomatina festival

Over 20,000 revelers hurled 150,000 kilos of ripe tomatoes at each other in the ‘Tomatina’ festival held every year on the third Wednesday of August in the Spanish town of Buñol, 38 kilometres west of

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UK: Getting a soccer soaking

Crowds gathering on the banks of the Windrush for the annual 30-minute splashabout in Bourton-on-the-Water, UK, are being warned to wear waterproofs or risk getting…

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Postcards from Uzbekistan: the Tilla-Kori Madrassah

Once a place of Islamic learning, this magestic madrassah in Samarkand dates back to the 1600s

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Bolivia: priest blesses animals with holy water

Hundreds of dog owners have had their pets blessed in the Bolivian city of El Alto as part of Saint Roch’s Day – named after the patron saint of dogs.