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Taiwan's first official same-sex weddings kick off in a landmark moment for LGBT rights in Asia as gay couples take the historic step of registering as married, the culmination of a three-decade fight for equality. IMAGES of couples at wedding celebration.
San José, Costa Rica May 26 (EFE) .- Costa Rica lives a historic day on Tuesday in the fight for human rights by becoming the first Central American country to legalize civil marriage between people of the same sex.(CAMERA: Douglas Marín) STATEMENTS FROM MARCO CASTILLO AND RODRIGO CAMPOS, AFTER GETTING MARRIED IN A FAMILY COURT:"Today this access to the right is putting Costa Rica on the right side of history on the side with countries that are open to change. That change is different because it brings fear and uncertainty but in a democracy like ours we are sure that we will obtain rights like this for other communities as well."
Taiwan's president-elect speaks at a rally of the island's ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) after winning a presidential election in which he pitched himself as the defender of Taiwan's democratic way of life. Lai's victory delivers an unprecedented third term for the DPP. IMAGES
Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) holds its closing rally for presidential candidate and current Vice-President Lai Ching-te, on the eve of an election that China has warned could take the island of 23 million people closer to war. Tens of thousands of people have flocked to noisy rallies of the main candidates as they make a last push for votes. IMAGES
Flares fly and smoke billows over northern Gaza as a truce between Israel and Hamas holds for a second day. Hamas is expected to release another 14 Israeli hostages in exchange for 42 Palestinian prisoners on the second day of a four-day truce after seven weeks of war. IMAGES
On their last day in Kenya, after visiting Fort Jesus, a 400-year-old UNESCO World Heritage site in Mombasa's Old Town, King Charles III and Queen Camilla try out a tuk tuk, a popular three-wheeled transport used in the country. Heavy rainfall derailed plans for the royal couple to ride in the vehicle, so instead they briefly posed for photographs while seated inside. IMAGES