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Added on the 09/11/2020 13:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
Palestinians rally in Ramallah to mark the 76th anniversary of their "Nakba" or "catastrophe", which Palestinians associate with Israel's creation. During the 1948 war that accompanied Israel's creation, around 760,000 Palestinians fled or were driven from their homes and many took refuge in what would later become the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. IMAGES
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva marks the first anniversary of the far-right riots that rocked the Brazilian capital last year with a ceremony in Congress declaring "democracy unbowed." IMAGES
Smoke billows from strikes on Gaza City as the sound of the muezzin calls out for the Maghrib prayer at sunset, on the two-week anniversary of the Israel-Hamas conflict. IMAGES
The King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery carries out a 41-gun salute to mark the accession of King Charles III as Britain's monarch, on the first anniversary of the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth II. IMAGES
Men are seen sitting on the wall of the former US embassy and locals wave flags of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan -- the name given to the country by its new rulers -- across the capital to celebrate the second anniversary of the Taliban government's takeover of the country. IMAGES
Victims' families, survivors and dignitaries gather to mark the 25th anniversary of the Omagh bombing, the deadliest attack in the period of sectarian violence in Northern Ireland known as the "Troubles". On 15 August, 1998, a massive car bomb planted by dissident republicans tore through Omagh's busy town centre killing 29 people and injuring 220. IMAGES