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smile is. like a. pain to me. and. only to fascinate only to those who look at me. the secret of mona lisa starts july 3rd d. w. . this week stories belgium facing up to its colonialist past south africa can herbal remedies help against the corona virus. first to iraq the country was hit hard early in the 1910 demick and is now in the throes of

a 2nd wave of infections 10000 to radians who have the disease have died so far. tirant metro's not toria 3 crowd it for safety at the pen demick face masks a mandatory here as well as physical distancing among travelers. in a city with lots of regulations already covered 19 has added even more to the mix. all over the capital every day life is returning to business as usual after a 4 month iranians seem to have lost any fear of the virus. things are almost as normal as if there were no problem at all i've seen many people who don't care anymore and we have many sick and deaf people because people don't obey the rules they don't listen they don't keep distance they even kiss each other. and covert 19 is making a comeback over the past week iran has reported more than 2000 new infections every day experts like to see say the country is in the midst of

a 2nd wave. it's bigger even bigger than the 1st but not as severe as the 1st one maybe because the. facility is being prepared for the situation. but it's. for now to iran's hospitals able to cope and while the sanctions imposed by the u.s. make it difficult to import medical equipment they have also decreased the country's dependency on imported goods so unlike many other countries iran never ran out of protective equipment because it's produced in iran still dr ali horizontal sea is concerned he fears the islamic republic's international isolation could make it difficult to get a hold of a potential vaccine. so to avoid a further spread of the disease his contribution to a channel on instagram that informs iranians about covert 19 but as far as we have

not educated the people maybe some just you know taking some more strict decisions and restrictions in some some places but. that is something most people in tehran spas are afraid of vendors are still trying to recover from the weeks of lockdown and spring which made their already bad economic situation even worse. in belgium thousands of anti-racism activists say it's time to really face up to the country's colonialist past especially the cruel tyranny imposed on the congo by king leopold the 2nd. finally i'm betsy feels a little less alone. for years the obvious story and has tried to challenge the way

belgium deals with its colonial past now she's among thousands calling for the removal of all monuments of the country's longest serving monarch the man who headed up a brutal colonial regime in what is now the democratic republic of congo king leopold the 2nd. we all know that dorothy chills have a symbolic power and i'm totally convinced that for some people. they are they don't want us to demo street or they will don't want people to demonstrate and to see with these shows not because they want to keep those theaters there they want to keep elf in earth of inferior. hundreds he was born in belgium but had to fight racism all her life she struggled to forge a career in the arts facing many rejections now she has opened her own gallery that spotlights the work of black artists. because the reception here is very

sceptical and this is what me so nice it's so dangerous and so home for 2 there are so many examples like if you're looking for an apartment you have to say anderson yeah that you know don't waste my time unplug are maybe not maybe your bread apartment has a really neat has already been taken statues of leopold the 2nd like this one in the seaside resort of austin are everywhere but there is no mention that his lavish public spending was financed by congolese robber and no mention of the millions of congolese people killed in the process instead the official website directs tourists to a walking tour highlighting how the king's achievements bolstered the town's prestige. unvetted she is collecting her son she wants him to learn as much as

possible about his family's history her old mother still remembers the brutal reality of colonial rule in the mid 20th century and the feet not our parents back in africa didn't want us to see how they were abused so one day they told me not to come near but i was curious so i hid and saw how they slapped my father. why are they doing this i asked. and he replied i was punished because i didn't have enough money to pay our taxes. and lives in full on betty knows that many parents of congolese descent do not like to share our unpleasant memories but for her son and the generations to come she feels transparency is the best way forward. to india to this eclipse family and so clasp it.

all those family secrets are passed down from generation to generation and it weighs on people when you say things clearly this is a life future generations to cope with the past so they don't become victims of what remains in our collective consciousness deciduous your own key give us to donna and sell corrective. everywhere you go in belgium you come across colonial monuments confronting the reality of this past is a painful but crucial process what's he feels now a 1st step has been made. next stop south africa the w.h.o. says a substance derived from the artemisia plant may be used in combination to treat uncomplicated malaria but some people in south africa hope it might also help tackle the coronavirus that's a boon for farmers. in south africa's eastern cape province farmer john obvious sally and his family are picking the herb african the war would. be.

the family can pick as many as 10 backs a day. back in the village they sell the plan for 4 year as a back prices have increased along with demand for the herb is a beautiful as you know we many believe floorman can protect them from the koran or virus although there's no scientific proof. they are going to question of ink in manchester united to find the. head of it all come flowing and pretty you feel weightless see. come clear you know the right of. the villagers also believe in warm woods medicinal properties they've been using it for generations even though the village has no electricity no one here has been to the doctor for years one which is prized as one of the most powerful medicinal herb people here say it clears up a stomach ache in half an hour and a fever in 3 days. there's also growing demand in big cities such as

border lizabeth an hour's drive from the village the corona virus is spreading rapidly and urban areas despite the lock down normal user and lands he has been growing warm wood for the last year her grandmother has been taking it for flu and . well business is brisk glans we have sold 20 bunches today for one euro each but she doesn't believe it can protect people against corona. was better than 1010 and. i don't hear a lot of them did. not hear this did a very basic thing about it just do don't know about it. i don't doubt that god. but farmer john i was sally does feel safe from the virus is daily cup of warm words tea has a bitter taste but he reckons it's worth it why would he says helped his grandmother to the way of spanish from the.

last stop germany here the fridays for future movement has suspended many of its well known activities because of the pandemic so they've been thinking up new ones . elena marshall and jacob basil are fridays for future activist they took part in the protests that turned environmental movement into a household name the coronavirus pandemic put an end to such mass gatherings fridays for a future is now looking for new ways to raise awareness. of course you have to maintain social distancing that means that we for instance paint crosses onto the streets and some cities and people keep their distance by standing on those marks or we form human change with people holding tape to keep apart and some cases we won't bring people onto the streets at all but instead use items like

protest signs. as part of online protest fridays for a future place 10000 placards in front of the german parliament in april but the activists know such digital demonstrations won't be enough to push their message in the long term. i think we were right to hold back but now our voice needs to be heard again we have to remind people what is most important we have to be confident in clear that the climate crisis is the biggest crisis of the century we have to treat it that way. they are also keen to take up the fight again extension rebellion are back with what they're calling rebellion weak civil disobedience is compatible with social distancing as this sit in at an industrial lobby headquarters in berlin shows. where only

a small group i'm glued to this spot and the rebels below me have chained themselves to it this is how we protest and i think it's entirely appropriate. the risk of infection weighs heavily on the climate protests which have been forced to reinvent themselves. and there are strong hippie bivens at this 24 hour demo and a berlin park one visit we don't want to limit ourselves to big demonstrations where you go out on the streets for only an hour and all that counts is your slogan and the amount of people who show up we want to offer a space for people to exchange ideas. they think of more colorful and creative but with a pandemic preventing bake turnout's climate protest have yet to reach their earlier power to exert political pressure.

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