Would say dedicated comes next africa joined us on facebook at g. W. Africa. Aurora borealis the Northern Lights have fascinated mankind for millenia. Some find them frank meeink others inspirational most when they experience them are simply overwhelmed. The thing i mean what you see behind me is the reason weve come this far north there are a barrell is so Northern Lights out. This natural spectacle in the sky has fascinated humans for thousands of years many people now come here on holiday just to see and experience the lights for themselves. Who are almost two hundred kilometers north of the Arctic Circle at kew roun abdul originally built to support the Mining Industry these days most of the arrivals arent coming to work on the contrary jack hong for instance is a Chinese Student on holiday. And made. The Journey Continues by bus. People who have come from all around the world to experience something very special. Jack kong who studies physics in the United States has been dreaming
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Dot com or the freedom. Masterpieces of art are a window on the past by studying them we encounter long gone eras through the artists eyes. One subject in particular has always played a special role in the history of painting childhood. How has it changed the artists view of the child. From john folkways iconic graphic representation of jesus as an infant. To elisabetta vision a liberals tender selfportrait with her beloved daughter. From the four lauren gaze of this girl selling flowers on the streets of london. To this image of a child whom the painter felix fellow tall affords the freedom of turning its back on the viewer. From der to van dyke from diego to laskas to renoir miro and picasso across europe from the middle ages to the Twentieth Century works by western masters reflect the changing status of the child through the ages. In the one thousand. Sixty nine because so painted a child who appears to be staking his claim to existence overpowering the artist by snatching his brus
Brought to you by d w t v. My name is sharon my money coming to you from kenyas capital all for nairobi and joining us is my colleague empty in nigeria hello and. Thank you sharon and hello everyone. Were coming to you from the live fasi park in Lagos Nigeria welcome sit back and relax for the next half hour theyre about to bring you the latest on environment topics from africa and europe this is what we have coming up today in tanzania donkeys are still being stolen and killed farmers an animals welfare come pain as our last then a shipyard in germany is building guess what believe functional green vote out of renewable materials and in senegal we meet women using a look pod to earn money and provide light to the habit. But first lets start the show here in they can have joined its neighbor rwanda in banning the sale of plastic bags and other Plastic Products but that doesnt mean an end to Plastic Waste in every round nairobi an estimated two hundred fifty tons of plastic are generate
Capital often nairobi and joining us is my colleague m. P. In nigeria hello and. Thank you sharon and hello everyone. Were coming to you from the live fasi park in Lagos Nigeria welcome sit back and relax for the next half hour or thereabout i will bring you the latest on the environment topics from africa and europe this is what we have coming up today in tanzania donkeys are still being stolen and killed farmers an animals welfare come painters. Then a shipyard in germany is building guess what functional green. Renewable materials and in senegal we meet women using to earn money and provide light to the happening. But first lets stop the show here in Nairobi Kenya has joined its neighbor rwanda in banning the sale of plastic bags and other Plastic Products but that doesnt mean an end to Plastic Waste in and around nairobi an estimated two hundred fifty tonnes of plastic generated every day its come to recycled in different ways now just cant an entrepreneur in the kenyan capital has