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outstanding news pieces on Sunday, August 7, 2011 include the 16th Gay Pride parade in Amsterdam, Netherlands, the protest in Tel Aviv, Israel, and the 66th anniversary of the atomic attack in Hiroshima, Japan.
Hundreds of thousands of people crowded at Amsterdam’s streets to celebrate the city’s 16th Gay Pride parade on Saturday, August 6, 2011. The event attracted huge amount of lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transsexuals. Techno and electro music played out at full strength, matching the attendees’ cheers and applause. Saturday’s celebration was part of six days of concerts, art exhibitions and a gay film festival. The Netherlands became the world’s first country to legalize gay marriage on April 1, 2011. It is estimated that one million Dutch people are gay.
People attend the 16th Gay Pride parade in Amsterdam, Netherlands on August 6, 2011
Thousands of people march in Tel Aviv’s streets, Israel, during a protest against the rising living cost on August 6, 2011
Visitors take part in a world record attempt at Europabad’s watersliding in Karlsruhe, Germany on August 6, 2011
A double decker bus is torched as riot police try to disperse a large group of people gathering outside the police station on the High Road in Tottenham, north London, England on August 6, 2011
Members of the Italian theatre company Tascabile di Bergamo prepare to dance during the Italian street theatre festival at Pateo do Collegio square in downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil on August 6, 2011
At least sixteen tankers carrying fuel for NATO troops in Afghanistan catch fire on August 6, 2011, as a bomb hit them in northwest Pakistan
Revelers dance in front of the main stage during the 17th Woodstock Festival in Kostrzyn-upon-Odra River, Poland on August 6, 2011
Thousands of people dance and sing during the opening musical act of an event, entitled “The Response”, at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas on August 6, 2011. The event aims to pray for God to help save America in crisis
Sculptor David Mach sets fire to a devil's head made of matches, part of his Precious Light exhibition at the festival fringe in Edinburgh, Scotland
Paper lanterns float in the Motoyasu river in front of the Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima, Japan on the 66th anniversary of the atomic attack on August 6, 2011
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