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Added on the 16/05/2019 13:20:00 - Copyright : AFP EN
A government building lights up in rainbow colours as Tokyo begins recognition of partnership certificates to same-sex couples who live and work in the capital, a long-awaited move in a country without marriage equality. IMAGES
Crossing the road can be quite a challenge for animals, but some lucky gophers near the Russian city of Krasnoyarsk now have an easy time of it after locals decided to make a tiny gopher only pedestrian crosswalk. Krasnoyarsk's Tatyshev Island is known by residents as the 'glade of gophers' because nearly 5000 of the little critters settled on the island in the last few years.
A Canada-based hairdresser brings more colour to the world by creating rainbow-tinted hairstyles
Palestinians rush to collect flour bags that fell off trucks loaded with humanitarian aid upon their arrival in the southern Gaza Strip via Rafah crossing. The dire food shortages in Gaza have killed 27 people through malnutrition and dehydration, most of them children, according to the Gaza health ministry. IMAGES
The River Garonne is slightly overflowing in Bordeaux, flooding cycle paths along the quays, while the Gironde department in south-west France is under an orange flood warning for Monday. IMAGES
French farmers with their stationned tractors are blockading part of the A63 motorway by Marcheprime, nearby Bordeaux in southwestern France IMAGES