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Gabriela Fernanda Torres, a wheelchair bound professional tango dancer, hit the hardwood stage with her partner Pablo Rafael Pereyra for the qualifying round of the Stage Tango Category in the Tango World Championship in Buenos Aires on Thursday, in what is believed to be a first for the competition. The dancers described this as an opportunity to bring about social change in how people look at wheelchair users in the field of dance. The 2017 Buenos Aires Tango Festival and Dance World Cup finished up on August 23. Buenos Aires is the home of Tango, the dance form originated here in the late 18th century.
Some 650 people in wheelchairs gathered in Bogota on Sunday as part of an officially sponsored attempt to break the Guinness World Record for physical activity on wheelchairs for one hour and thirty minutes. The participants performed physical exercises for two hours straight without stopping, performing moves choreographed by instructors from the stage, including shoulder shrugs, arm twists, and shadow punches, to the rhythm of upbeat music.
Pilgrims begin arriving for the start of World Youth Day in Lisbon, Portugal. The week-long event is the world's largest Catholic gathering, with around 300,000 people expected to attend this year. World Youth Day kicks off on Tuesday and Pope Francis will attend on Wednesday, his first trip overseas since undergoing surgery. IMAGES
Qatar's Darb Al Saai Festival showcases the country's culture, heritage and traditions, including sword dancing, dhows, horse-riding, camels and falcons. People in Doha are getting ready for Qatar National Day which will be celebrated on Sunday, December 18th - the day of the World Cup final. IMAGES
Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan), Sep 23 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Igor Kovalenko) The yurts are already ready in the city of Bishkek to host the International Festival of Epics of the World that will take place from September 23 to 26 in Kyrgyzstan .FOOTAGE FROM THE YURTAS WHICH WILL HOST THE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF EPICS OF THE WORLD.
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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