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Rio de Janiero mayor, Eduardo Paes, hands over the key to the city to the Rei Momo (carnival king), Djeferson Mendes, to officially open festivities. The world's biggest carnival, which has in reality been under way for weeks with massive street parties, returns in a reembrace of samba spirit after the turmoil of Covid-19 and Brazil's bitterly divisive elections. IMAGES
Quito, May 24 (EFE).- (Camera: Juan Francisco Chávez) Under biosafety regulations, the swearing-in ceremony for the new president of Ecuador, conservative Guillermo Lasso, kicked off on Monday.FOOTAGE OF AUTHORITIES ARRIVING AT THE CEREMONY.
Beijing, Mar 24 (EFE/EPA).- China Fashion Week kicked off Wednesday in Beijing with a creation from the K-Boxing & KB HONG collection and will run throughout Mar. 31. (Camera: WU HONG).SHOT LIST: MODELS PRESENT A CREATION FROM THE K-BOXING & KB HONG COLLECTION BY K-BOXING AND SUIJIAN DURING THE CHINA FASHION WEEK IN BEIJING, CHINA.
Barranquilla, Feb 22 (EFE).- The Battle of Flowers, a grand parade attended by more than 600,000 people, kicked off the four-day-long annual Barranquilla carnival, the second-largest in the world, on Saturday.One of the most popular festivals in the country, the carnival - declared by UNESCO as Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity in 2003 - dates back to the 1880s.The Battle of Flowers, one of the biggest draws of the carnival, dates back to 1903, and was aimed at celebrating the end of the One Thousand Days War in Colombia. (Camera: RICARDO MALDONADO). SHOT LIST: THE PARADE OF THE BATTLE OF FLOWERS DURING THE FIRST DAY OF THE CARNIVAL OF BARRANQUILLA, IN BARRANQUILLA, COLOMBIA.
The streets of Rio de Janeiro are crowded for the launch of the city's carnival, which runs until 29 February. IMAGES