Name: Viral Humour - Telling Jokes in Corona Times
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Description: Humour can help us through hard times. A look at the viral videos, songs and sketches that have filled the internet worldwide since the beginning of the pandemic and what this lockdown humour says about us.

L’humour aux temps du corona

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Una risata seppellirà il Covid?

Humour can help us through hard times. A look at the viral videos, songs and sketches that have filled the internet worldwide since the beginning of the pandemic and what this lockdown humour says about us.

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<p>Humour can help us through hard times. A look at the viral videos, songs and sketches that have filled the internet worldwide since the beginning of the pandemic and what this lockdown humour says about us.</p>

Telling Jokes in Corona Times

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Mirza Vranjakovic has lived and worked in Berlin for seven years, but he's now heading back home to Serbia. Unlike in Germany, he'll be vaccinated quickly in Belgrade, and plans to stay with family until he gets his second dose. Only then will he return to Berlin. Throughout the country, mobile vaccination teams reach people far away from the city, in a race to immunise as many people as possible. But many in Serbia don't believe in the jab. 

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Since the beginning of the pandemic, scientists from the Pasteur Institute in Lille have been researching a treatment for Covid-19. Since day one, our team has been following their work.

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There are around 4 million people who rely on adult care services in Germany, and most of those people are cared for at home. As the country's aging population continues to grow, so does chronic understaffing, and increasingly families turn to Polish workers. But the hours are long, the pay is low, and some agencies are exploitative.

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They are between 18 and 30 years old and have been struck down in their youth by mental illness. They are schizophrenic, bipolar, or they have experienced the nightmare of depression. They are being cared for in a psychiatric day hospital in Lausanne, where they are trying to rebuild their lives in the hope of getting back on track. They talk bravely to the camera of their faith in the future, despite their illness.This programme by Swiss channel RTS is part of The European Collection, a joint initiative of European public media (ARD, ARTE, France Télévisions, SSR SRG and ZDF), coordinated by ARTE.

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Humans are social animals and we need physical contact. We cultivate the language of touch from birth and it is essential for the development of our body and minds. How do different types of touch, and the absence of touch, affect us?

Humans are social animals and we need physical contact. How do different types of touch, and the absence of touch, affect us?

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With a high mortality rate, a chronically underfunded health service, and doctors leaving to work in other European countries, Romania is in danger of being overwhelmed by Covid-19.

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Sweden's approach to the pandemic provoked global respect and skepticism by turns. No lockdown, no curfew, no mandatory mask-wearing. But overtime Sweden imposed more restrictive measures, and the economic cost of the virus started to bite.

Sweden's approach to the pandemic provoked global respect and skepticism by turns...

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Across Europe, this winter is proving even more difficult than the first wave of the pandemic last March in 2020.

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Working from home and remote learning don't really mix, but over the past year parents have had to balance work and family life with far less support than before. BR journalists follow three families as they navigate family life in a time of coronavirus.This programme by German channel BR is part of the European Collection, a joint initiative of European public media (ARD, ARTE, France Télévisions, SSR SRG and ZDF), coordinated by ARTE.

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A look at the Institut Pasteur in Lille, at the forefront of research for a Covid-19 vaccine, where a special research group of the best scientific minds is working day and night to find the solution.

France: Looking for a Covid-19 Vaccine

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From an incredibly varied selection of 19th century postcards, the Paris of the Belle Epoque (1871 – 1914) comes to life. Street-photography captured Parisians from all walks of life and conveyed the optimism and elegance of the period.

From an incredibly varied selection of 19th century postcards, the Paris of the Belle Epoque (1871 – 1914) comes to life.

Paris in the Belle Epoque

The Berlin Palace, home of the Prussian royal family for centuries and an imposing presence on the Berlin skyline, was badly damaged by bombing in 1945. After the war the East German authorities demolished the ruins and built the Palace of the Republic, the seat of the parliament of the GDR.
After German reunification this communist-era edifice was torn down to make way for a replica of the baroque palace, finally completed and reopened to the public in June 2021. The controversial building houses the Humboldt Forum, a museum of non-European art, itself controversial in an age where the debate is raging over the restitution of art and artefacts from former European colonies.

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Berlin's controversial new (old) palace houses a controversial museum, the Humboldt Forum with its collection of non-European art.

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Portrait of a visionary fashion photographer, celebrated in the 1950s and 1960s for his novel and elegant images.

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Four women comic book artists from the Arab World, Tunisian Nadia Khiari, Lebanese Lena Merhej, Moroccan Zainab Fasiki and Egyptian Deena Mohamed open the doors of their studios and tell us about their experiences and their struggles. Ten years after the beginning of the Arab Spring how can they express themselves in the medium as Arab women?

Four women comic book artists from the Arab World open the doors of their studios and tell us about their experiences and their struggles. 

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Death and the devil, nudity and eroticism, horror in blazing colours, Gothic art cast a spell over people 500 years ago. In these image-poor times, art deliberately and skilfully played with the emotions of the viewer, triggering fear, devotion, but also rapture. Art documentary on German gothic art of the late-middle ages.

The Genius of Gothic Art

Love is political, says journalist and author Şeyda Kurt. In her book Radical Tenderness she does away with the myth of romantic love. Ultimately, the widespread ideal of romantic, two-person love only serves to preserve existing patriarchal power relations, she says. Maria Schrader's new movie Ich bin Dein Mensch revolves around a humanoid robot with artificial intelligence that is programmed to serve as the 'perfect partner'.  Plus: Philosopher Peter Trawny, who says that freedom and love are incompatible, and LBGTQI+ groups fight for the freedom to love in Islam. 

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Love is political, says journalist and author Şeyda Kurt. In her book Radical Tenderness she does away with the myth of romantic love

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Is Saint Thomas' touching of Jesus' wounds homoerotic? It's certainly in stark contrast to Mary Magdalene, who is told not to touch him and spends the rest of her life living in a cave.

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Is Saint Thomas' touching of Jesus' wounds homoerotic?

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An author once described this work as a portrait of a woman done by a painter who had forgotten to paint the feet, legs, thighs, stomach, hips, chest, hands, arms, shoulders, neck and head. 

The Origin of the World by Gustave Courbet

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At the same time, Vril took the techno scene by storm, almost out of nowhere. As a producer, he pursues a timeless sound aesthetic that serves no trend in the genre. With his energetic live sets, he has impressed audiences across the world.
The techno giants perform from the post-industrial space of the Ruhr Museum. 

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Techno giants Rødhåd and Vril perform from the post-industrial space of the Ruhr Museum.

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Ayn Rand was a survivor of Communism, and as a result, her writings fiercely advocate uncompromising individualism. Her high profile fans include Elon Musk, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, and Angelina Jolie.

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Glaciers contain essential data on the climate of previous eras. The melting ice is a major concern for scientists, who are racing against time. The presenters of Xenius survey a cave in the Stubai Alps, discover the working methods of glaciologists, and learn about the wealth of information hidden in the layers of ice.

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Better known by his stage name Kyteman, Dutchman Colin Benders has had an impressive career on the hip-hop scene. More recently, his talent has also been noted on the techno scene.

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Every year Russia celebrates Victory day on 9 May to mark the end of the Second World War with great pomp and ceremony. The story of a steadfast Soviet Union defeating the forces of fascism looms large in the Russian imagination, a story that Vladimir Putin uses to his own ends.

 The story of a steadfast Soviet Union defeating the forces of fascism looms large in the Russian imagination, a story that Vladimir Putin uses to his own ends.

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Conductor Raphaël Pichon and director Cyril Teste team up to bring Beethoven’s Fidelio to the stage of the Opéra Comique.

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Sting appears at the Reeperbahn Festival opening gala in Hamburg performing "Rushing Water", a track from his forthcoming album "The Bridge", due for release on 19 November. Discover the track exclusively! As a bonus, one of the Police's biggest hits "Every Breath You Take".

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The Italian island of Stromboli is home to just 300 people, mainly farmers and fishermen. They fish using sustainable, traditional methods that generates little profit, but empowers this small community to live outside of mainstream capitalism.

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