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Kunming (China) (AFP) – Boxes of roses, lilies and carnations pile up as influencers speak into their smartphones at Asia’s biggest flower market — with thousands of customers eagerly awaiting their views on the best deals.

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Blagnac (France) (AFP) – After three successful editions in Gaillac, the Lantern Festival opens in Blagnac in southwestern France. The event expects to welcome up to 600,000 visitors and is one of the largest of its kind outside of China.

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Lumajang (Indonesia) (AFP) – Images of clouds of smoke and a darkened sky as Indonesia’s Mount Semeru erupts spewing out a tower of ash that has plunged local communities into darkness and forced thousands of nearby residents to flee. There were no immediate reports of casualties, accroding to the country’s disaster mitigation agency.

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In Iraq, little people football team dreams big

Baghdad (AFP) – Twice a week, a small football pitch in Iraq offers the 25-member national squad of little people a chance to dream big. Omar Abdel Rahman’s team has set its sights on an ambitious goal: to travel to Argentina for their first international tournament.

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Gambians vote in first presidential election since dictatorship

Banjul (Gambia) (AFP) – Gambians are casting their ballots in the first presidential election in the tiny West African nation since former dictator Yahya Jammeh fled into exile. Jammeh ruled for 22 years after seizing power in a bloodless coup in 1994, before being forced into exile in January 2017 after Adama Barrow, then a relative unknown, defeated him at the ballot box.

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Ukraine says Russia might begin ‘large-scale escalation’ in January

Kiev (AFP) – During an address to parliament, Ukraine’s Defence minister Oleksiy Reznikov says that Russia will likely be ready for a potential large-scale attack on the country in late January. Western powers have been sounding the alarm for weeks about Russia gathering troops along the border with Ukraine, further stoking tensions in an area where a long-running conflict has already left 13,000 dead.

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‘Slum party’ brings hope and life to poor Lagos district

Lagos (AFP) – The dress code is plastic bottles and the dance floor is the street – welcome to a ‘slum party’, a yearly dance performance which seeks to bring cheer to Orowonshoki, one of the poorer districts of Lagos, Nigeria’s economic capital.

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Landfill outside Kiev a toxic nightmare for local residents

Pidgirtsi (Ukraine) (AFP) – Mountains of overflowing and noxious garbage at Landfill No.5 outside the Ukrainian capital Kiev are plaguing residents. Covering 63 hectares (156 acres), the sprawling dump outside Kiev is one of the largest in Ukraine and part of a network of more than 6,100 landfills.

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