break of coronavirus cases and access to the beach in rio de janeiro we blocked on new year's eve to prevent crowds from gathering there millions of people typically head to rio's coastline every december 31st to ring in the new year more than 191000 people have died from could own a virus in brazil and rio de janeiro is one of the hardest hit cities. this is these are the top stories from u.s. president elect joe biden has hit out again over the lack of information his transition team is getting from donald trump's administration biden is warning that he's still being obstructed on national security issues and that key agencies have been severely damaged by tom's policies the u.s. house of representatives has voted to approve higher cash payments to americans struggling joining the coronavirus pandemic for president tom's demand for 2000 dollars per person out of faces an uncertain future in the republican controlled

senate. a hong kong court has sentenced teenage pro-democracy activist tony chung to 4 months in prison he was convicted of desecrating china's flag and taking part in an illegal protest in may last year in a separate case is accused of seditious activities under a controversial national security law difficult pollen is outside the court in hong kong. this also means that he'll be spending the next few months in jail after he goes through a bigger and more serious charge and that is the charge of sedition under the national security law he faces that due to sect evictees for advocating it depends upon crown founded a group which was disbanded just hours before beijing imposed that draconian national security law on the city in july but after that he was accused of advocating or calling for support from overseas for hong kong's independence using

online and social media bangladesh's started relocating a 2nd group of a refugees who fled there from me in march they're being moved to a low lying island the rights groups fear could be vulnerable to flooding. health officials in thailand are warning case numbers could soon climb and by tens of thousands a day if covert 19 measures are not properly enforced around 150 new corona virus infections were reported across thailand on tuesday bars and nightclubs in the capital bangkok are now under new restrictions south korea has secured vaccines for another 10000000 people as a graph shows with a rapid rise in covert 1000 infections the deal comes with madonna on the same day the country reported 14 new coronavirus deaths its highest ever one day toll. this is coming up next let's rewind by a lot of the stories that we cover a highly complex so it's very important that we make them as understandable as we can do as many people as possible no matter how much they know about

a given crisis or all of the books of. the smell of day these are the power. of correspondents will be strong to do. hello and welcome to rewind. today with pulling back to 2013 when filmmaker katherina von schroeder has been given a fascinating glimpse of nigeria by one of its most respected photographers george . back then as you'll see george's lens was focused on subjects ranging from oil pollution in the niger delta to the cultural legacy of nigeria's traditional monarchists if you're curious about what's in his portfolio these days i'll be

asking him that very question in a moment but 1st here is a truly memorable film kings of nigeria and the al-jazeera series. 21st century africa a continent undergoing great change and finally seizing control of its image but it's been a long shot a 100 years ago for doug i feel was a colonial to keep going after a while about a lot of the fake money. primary term but independent happened. in the post-colonial euphoria or talk of as like my legs the big shot that you call for us. but elsewhere the narrative was of a call on manageable continent often with 2 for just one if. not a new generation if you see a photographer to celebrate to question and represent

a continent on the rocks. i misjudge the city i'm a photographer. for the graffiti is only a broad range of issues especially when it comes to my country and you know. from the oil rich niger delta region one of the most beautiful blissful at the good with goats all the good grits was destroyed. iow it's a bloody good. flow no wonder the focus of our times but of the seen this level of dummy each it's just the credible the level of pollution of. the voters being as of a blink and they don't up it's

a very complicated situation on everyone's confuse everyone is involved. everyone has a responsibility to play in disregards. my responsibility is what i'm doing right now i don't have anything to offer but for the girl who is keeping a record and document in this book is a circus in it to everyone who gets to see. a

walk in the bank but deep down in me i will not for this fight so i decided to resign and pick up a camera. that still is us like a warfare. everyone with against me you know my parents my friends they're like what it is and huge of a good job and live in it for there is. still to put food on the table i was kicked out for my. little bit in floods of the bank and then i was kicked out because i'm going to pay my rent anymore and move to a single apartment. and i have to say that everything i just to finance my for the graphene. but then there was this bonding family me that wanted me to just do something much more creative. mom. up and they're going to come right off the bus with me $10.00 an hour and

all of that will have to wait for right now my current projects it's. just been frequent classism long difference i think groups. i realize that a lot of people of lost trust and identity affects what support on the sea is the cultural us a point of unity instead of seeing it on something that should divide us initially . is this wicked opposed as well to look at the monarchy structure in the country because they even close up to the people but in. your article all those who are all those are also took i think i love you know

i don't know whether they are. a or are we. got off on the morning now for you. this go to will find out to prepare for your book. what do you call are now together and drink together. ok i don't read your fair. want to do introduction you have hundreds of books and be a few stories don't you know and look for additional costs you don't like something that never mind what. you're going to. do the one you. are also are all for. it when you see i want to thank you so much for you know this warm welcome it makes

me feel like i'm just on the rights of the right thank you. for the media to this is that all states are your kingdom of would. fall into all these states with. the past of security you just wanted an insight well no delusions why do huge went into militant activity just namely deal the exploitation of resources for me. from this part of the country and is being declared as way those seats by dubious aussies i seriously disadvantaged in fact to be give me cos i died on a bless. i was complementary to going to compete man what d. what government d. . wants to do we've got to complete what we think we need.

to do see. we had to shoot knows we. were. talking to you. about that i must talk about you tell. me i can also see how. that's. ok that's fine. let's let's try something else when i won't fight and the middle 5 i try to put some teeth behind so as to create a little bit of confidence but then in one of them to stay in front.

of the city i'll tell you i was a little bit into this i'm not a very beautiful a meal system to come and you want to see yourself looking rich good. it's a little to come out in their own greed and dignity so it did all they have to do is to blend. on through reading. looking at photographs in about 200 kings because the brotherhood is a group suddenly in 914 the british managed digitals kingdoms one country called judea. and the country was about one about 60000000 people some if it's the largest blood missile in the whole world. so there's like a gold mine in terms of people on court so. this

is connell of course it's all the most important one. in the country and it's in the north and pot of the country which is one of islamic area and you can see it's had tied it to bonn. looking stuff up over. the face and head in a very stylish one of them and it's portrait. of the king but it also over to follow him when he was leaving for the most he was riding in these thieves prone. which is very classic.

very very british. it's very common to see a lot of things british collected in this country you can see that robe of the king with a picture of the british queen elizabeth but very peculiar of course we call them as by the british and there are some pictures that was sort of by the. way in a can don't was captured you can see that the kings are happy. it's. because. it's not him really wanting to take its own picture on. someone's door wanting to photograph him is a new power that has to mood it's going down imagine what it is to depose a king kings. or most warships you know do it's

a powerful new like dogs. in the. documentary not all is tree we're not too good at most things that of a point in the past and the country met with the clinton but fun for them or for the 40 year old paul america.

the 55. but not what they would look if you look i'm going to sit with us i would. listen thank you thank you so much. yes ok. please if you're coming with us nothing ok ok. ok well just thank you so much. george i've been very very impressed with your work. your upright to this nation because you are a young man that has decided. with love compassion. to go the length and breadth of this country to showcase the rest of the world where you come from this kingdom

dating back as far as 721 b.c. . being one of the oldest kingdoms in the entire africa our people were here. during the times of crisis. i see as an opportunity the more neki. is certainly an opportunity to serve my people for example during the west of the crisis. when the niger delta was a very very hot bed i personally went to the creeks i knew that it was a very dangerous thing to do but i will never forget the shock of the niger delta boys that the king of i book would come to the creeks and try to build some form of harmony. we are all representation of the earth as a whole. we are all like the palais rees veins blood vessels

if any part of the world is sick then we as the world are sick. the world is almost 70 percent water and truly the human body is equally 70 percent water so i think in that god tries to show us something. we cannot separate ourselves from each other. to put something in there to rejoin us in the up in still being us what it is to be. so many where companies are present in their soul and then once in a while would make a mistake and the other spilled into the but. sometimes they cannot sometimes it's left. of young men window of the field that's they don't really have any means of survival and this is there for them to break into by applying state oil refining to make money what they will say it's the will. of god

of they don't have the technical ability to know this. come out of this votes. i grew up in disbelief but today we have all these that they deeply new single feature of the song is that no single feat. even of these bits. when i was a small boy. that was nothing like the. after school we used to run to

displease wendy what are you down the idea of india india you know about that you know that you know. for you and your family this beach. and its fishing boats be done going to fish i mean from good community bad now as you can see us said. well. a very old listen to this song look beautiful. beautiful picture you want to know what it is and that's a good drive. to appreciate the situation better. when . somebody saw us. going to call him for that we don't know if. the employee

use we do called him so he has contract yes who are supposed to be watching the. sword being one of us and he's going to sending back. we have so much more with just don't know how so money's the most that we have a very. 'd good. this is. the biggest

commitment of this off the. good earth love that. i feel it's important that i keep for the cricket in whatever form or if i think of some of these games it will stay within. my own psyche. or in the mind on from. one to course. and the long lasting the move into africa and suck on longest in the hope of more. time to shine or let me get i'm too much to. distinguish.

this one of the wonderful throwback to. this issue of identity subjugation i mean it's not i. dri it's not aggressive yeah it's still relevant so it's i don't know i think. we have to really take the time to plan this exhibition to plunder the show so that we show it in the best possible way so that we can also engage not just the crowd or the culture of the crowd as a way of we should be able to engage the younger generation of people who really want to get to understand where we're coming from as a nation all of the things we've lost. let me look at the o'neill he said looking very simple and straight in the same room you are all free and a new identity. you seem them displaced you see in them subjugated you know

we've read about these are nice trip books but i have a compilation. because i'm in a dignified manner so busy with some present well india you know sort of because this is one of my favorite protrudes a plan to have them that really didn't blow. he which is kind when you see the hunger and long and very and the gun. i really don't wait for the time. see the sites of about our. kings of nigeria and i'm thrilled to say that for talk of a georgia study is here with us so let's not visible with the monarchs exhibition because in the film it talked about how you wanted to take the exhibition global

you were going to start in lagos what happened how did it go i. have been very different as well nobody would wanted to show. the projects in the spaces do you feel it's had the desired effect of of increasing people's understanding i am a political artist so the idea of visibility for that for me it's too pretty balanced with people from diverse cultural backgrounds and religion in the country would sit inside of us are unified people one of the segments of a part because we've heard that issues quite a lot the current situation in nigeria unfortunately when we see it on the news we're hearing about conflicts. but she was she documented as well is it tough for you as a nigerian to see that picture of the world painted so immense what is it's reality

we have a reported to be. which country that takes skill for its populace and develops a country if only we have leadership that wants to be serious in terms of. the utilize well from. how they're able to keep people united in the irrespective of where the. culture about ronald johnny come from tell me about your new project orphans of boko haram i mean that's a powerful title in itself and again unfortunate boko haram is another thing which we hear about a lot with kids and with nigeria the koran phenomenon it's another such story from the nigeria there is this class of people who people don't talk much about stuff actually i couldn't do the victims of book around. here

but of them are kids parents of been killed in the course of militancy and conflicts. they have kids who've lost their parents some died as is a bonding or some died while refusing to become members of a coram or things like that for me it's to create. strong visual awareness that probably will. influence the people in authority to to make a change you know. i think that's my responsibility honestly i really feel you know if you have kids that are around in various homes not people taking care of and then i have these images of them in no saying that these kids need to go to school they need attention they just had a lot of parents you know you need to be loved and they need to be cherished you

know. mine is just this one some change or something so simply george it's been a pleasure talking to you and some of the local. i am.

water scarcity has become a major global issue the demand is going straight up and the supply is going straight down turning an essential natural resource into a commodity traded for profit just because your lawyer doesn't mean it cannot be priced what about the guy that can afford it and in that case tell these water. now to syria examines the social financial and environmental impact of water privatized ation loads of water on al-jazeera. for many young adults a coming of age brings greater responsibility. for this young the responsibility of 800 years of family tradition weighs heavy on his shoulders. the choice. of the decision must be made soon.

monk by blood part of the viewfinder asia series on al-jazeera. this is al-jazeera. this is the al-jazeera news our life my headquarters here in doha are coming up in the next 60 minutes the global race to roll out vaccines a climbing coronavirus cases problems calls to speed up the distribution but challenges remain in rich and poor countries a line but the issue isn't just about logistics from california to thailand there are warnings that have people don't change their behavior things will only get worse also.