Royal birthday, Hungarian and Bengali traditions… The news of the week in photos

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On Friday April 22, the “Photo Hebdo” section of the 20 Heures newspaper takes us to England, Hungary and Bengal.

At 96, Queen Elizabeth II, whose birthday was Thursday, April 21, finally has a Barbie in her likeness. Children will now be able to have fun with a doll of the Queen of England. In India, people are hot. The country is experiencing a heat wave, with temperatures reaching 45°C, 10°C higher than seasonal norms. In Hungary, at Easter, according to tradition, buckets of water are thrown at each other in order to promote seduction and fertility.

A few hundred kilometers away, in Afghanistan, 97% of the population lives below the poverty line, like a little girl who lives in the middle of an open dump, looking helpless. In Bengal, children paint their faces with tribal and colorful designs to remember their ethnic past. Finally, in Scotland, a lighthouse is enveloped in a glowing sun, as day breaks at the water’s edge.

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