Against a backdrop of jumbled shacks seemingly piled atop each other, the dancers run in place with studied movements, then collapse to the floor in steady succession. This is a rehearsal at the Ballet of Paraisopolis, one of the biggest favelas in Sao Paulo, Brazil, AFP revealed. "I was really anxious to come back. It felt like my first time," said 17-year-old dancer and local resident Kemilly Luanda. The dance school is just returning from a four-month hiatus for the coronavirus pandemic, which has left Brazil with the second-highest death ...

New York marks the 19th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic. The city holds its annual ceremony in memory of the nearly 3,000 people who died in the bloodiest terrorist attack in US history, punctuated by a minute's silence at the exact moments that Al-Qaeda jihadists crashed two hijacked airplanes into the World Trade Center towers. Almost two decades after the attacks, September 11 remains synonymous with New York's heroism and resilience. City leaders have emphasized the latter in the past months ...

A large fire broke out at Moria, Europe's largest refugee camp on Lesbos in Greece, forcing thousands including many families with children out into the streets with nowhere to sleep. A second fire aggravated the crisis on the island of Lesbos, where authorities have declared a state of emergency. The first blaze, which began hours after 35 people tested positive for coronavirus at the Moria camp, sent thousands fleeing for safety into surrounding olive groves -- but nobody was seriously hurt. While European countries from Germany to Norway -- along ...

The unfinished Hindu-Buddhist temple and museum,Sanctuary of Truth, is located in Pattaya, Thailand and it was made by the Thai businessman Lek Viriyaphan in the Ayutthaya style. The temple was designed to be only out of wood. The Hindu-Buddhist temple and museum has been under construction since 1981, and it might probably take until 2025 at the earliest. Despite being under construction, tourists from all over the globe are able to visit the Sanctuary and enjoy the wooden pieces inside.

Markets are the heart of cities, they reflect people’s interests and culture. There’s nothing quite like the feeling of exploring a market in a brand-new city. The sights, the smells, and the bartering is a sure-fire way to meet the locals, experience the culture and learn about the city’s heritage. These are 8 unusual markets that you might know, but should visit!

Glass from the explosion poses different challenges from bottles. Between 20 and 22 tons of glass had been brought to the factory in Tripoli, a hive of rhythmic activity centered around the furnace that burns at 900-1,200 degrees Celsius. More than 5,000 tons of glass was shattered by the explosion. From mid-August to September 2, almost 58 tons were sent for reuse at Uniglass and Koub/Golden Glass in Tripoli. Volunteers tried to salvage at least part of the tons of glass that littered the streets to help the local industry ...

The Sudanese Authorities have announced a three-month state of emergency nationwide amid heavy floods in the country as the Nile rises to highest level in over a century. Mass floods in Sudan have killed 99 so far and left over 100,000 homes completely/partially destroyed and at least 50 people injured according to the Labour and Social Care Minister Lina Alshiekh. Never the less, the floods have affected near half a million people, Alshiekh added after an emergency meeting of the Sudan Defense and Security Council. Sudan's flooding has been always ...

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Gangs have terrorized people with extortion and killings for years. El Salvador's government cut deals with leaders of the MS-13 gang in an attempt to reduce the killings. Members of the MS-13 and 18 gangs were packed into overcrowded cells at three prisons in El Salvador. The MS-13 gang, a reference to its Spanish name “Mara Salvatrucha,” has footholds across Central America, Mexico and the United States, where it is linked to human trafficking, drug networks and targeted killings. In June, U.S. authorities arrested and charged more than two dozen ...

Out on a street in an Indian village, half a dozen children gather around their teacher who points a stick at the diagrams on a wall, one of many murals in the neighbourhood being used to help poor students keep up with their education during the coronavirus pandemic. With schools shut since March in a virus lockdown, teachers in Nilamnagar, western India, became concerned that some youngsters would fall behind because their families cannot afford an internet subscription for online classes, according to AFP. So they came up with a ...

Kennosuke Nakamori's sonorous voice fills a small room as he practises the lines of a traditional Japanese Noh play, even though he hasn't performed before a live audience in months. He moves gracefully as he rehearses the studied movements associated with the ancient art, but his serene exterior belies deep worries about the future of Noh. The coronavirus pandemic has shuttered theatres across Japan, and while other traditional art forms can rely on generous private backers or state subsidies, Noh depends heavily on staging shows.