The Yanomami Indians are skilled hunters, and King Harald was impressed by the various tricks employed to fell their prey. Before the hunting expedition, the arrows are smeared with poison from the bark of a tree, and by imitating animal sounds, the hunters lure their prey within shooting range. . Photo: Rainforest Foundation Norway/Marcos Wesley, ISA Brazil

King Harald visits an indigenous tribe in the Amazon rainforest

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Last week His Majesty The King fulfilled a long-held dream when he spent four days living with the Yanomami people in a remote part of the Amazon River basin.

There will be a Nordic food table at the festival.

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Lady Ambassadors, Ambassador's Spouses Athens (LAASA) and the SOS Villages Greece invite you to the International Food Festival, on 26th May 2013. There will be a Nordic table with Norwegian dishes such as waffels and griddle cake. All proceeds raised from the event will be donated to the SOS Children's Village Vari.

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Cyprus and Greece achieves the highest mark of excellent water quality on listed bathing sites in new report by the European Environment Agency.

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“The refugee crisis in Syria is on its way to becoming the worst since the Second World War. The Government is therefore increasing Norway’s assistance by NOK 100 million,” announced Minister of Foreign Affairs Espen Barth Eide.

Ylva Schwenke, 15, from Troms, said: 'I bear my scars with dignity, because I got them standing for something I believe in'. She was shot in the shoulder, her stomach and in both of her thighs

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Photo: Andrea Gjestvang.

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The young Norwegian photographer Andrea Gjestvang was announced as the L'Iris d'Or / Sony World Photography Awards Photographer of the Year. The judges voted unanimously for Gjestvang's powerful series of portraits of children and youths who survived the massacre in Utøya in 2011.

King Harald visits an indigenous tribe in the Amazon rainforest

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