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Tango dancers perform milonga for Pope Francis outside Gemelli hospital - Rome

Tango dancers attend a milonga for Pope Francis outside the Gemelli hospital where the Pope is hospitalized with pneumonia. Rome, Italy, on March 16, 2025. Photo by Alessia Giuliani/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tango dancers perform milonga for Pope Francis outside Gemelli hospital - Rome

Daian Gusher,right , of Argentina, and Massimiliano Varrese, of Italy, dance Tango for Pope Francis outside the Agostino Gemelli polyclinic in Rome, Italy, on March 16, 2025. Photo by Alessia Giuliani/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tango dancers perform milonga for Pope Francis outside Gemelli hospital - Rome

Tango dancers attend a milonga for Pope Francis outside the Gemelli hospital where the Pope is hospitalized with pneumonia. Rome, Italy, on March 16, 2025. Photo by Alessia Giuliani/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tango dancers perform milonga for Pope Francis outside Gemelli hospital - Rome

Tango dancers attend a milonga for Pope Francis outside the Gemelli hospital where the Pope is hospitalized with pneumonia. Rome, Italy, on March 16, 2025. Photo by Alessia Giuliani/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tango dancers perform milonga for Pope Francis outside Gemelli hospital - Rome

Tango dancers attend a milonga for Pope Francis outside the Gemelli hospital where the Pope is hospitalized with pneumonia. Rome, Italy, on March 16, 2025. Photo by Alessia Giuliani/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tango dancers perform milonga for Pope Francis outside Gemelli hospital - Rome

Daian Gusher, lefth, of Argentina, and Massimiliano Varrese, of Italy, dance Tango for Pope Francis outside the Agostino Gemelli polyclinic in Rome, Italy, on March 16, 2025. Photo by Alessia Giuliani/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tango dancers perform milonga for Pope Francis outside Gemelli hospital - Rome

Tango dancers attend a milonga for Pope Francis outside the Gemelli hospital where the Pope is hospitalized with pneumonia. Rome, Italy, on March 16, 2025. Photo by Alessia Giuliani/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tango dancers perform milonga for Pope Francis outside Gemelli hospital - Rome

Daian Gusher,right , of Argentina, and Massimiliano Varrese, of Italy, dance Tango for Pope Francis outside the Agostino Gemelli polyclinic in Rome, Italy, on March 16, 2025. Photo by Alessia Giuliani/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tango dancers perform milonga for Pope Francis outside Gemelli hospital - Rome

Tango dancers attend a milonga for Pope Francis outside the Gemelli hospital where the Pope is hospitalized with pneumonia. Rome, Italy, on March 16, 2025. Photo by Alessia Giuliani/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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SYRIA-DAMASCUS-TANGO-MILONGA

(221025) -- DAMASCUS, Oct. 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People perform Tango during a milonga in Damascus, Syria, on Oct. 5, 2022. Securing outfits and dancing shoes for their milongas, Syrian Tango dancers are fighting to keep their beloved art alive in a country where people nowadays can only think about securing food on the table after the U.S. sanctions left them no window to breathe from. TO GO WITH "Feature: Syrian Tango lovers carry on dancing amid economic hardship" (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua)

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SYRIA-DAMASCUS-TANGO-MILONGA

(221025) -- DAMASCUS, Oct. 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People perform Tango during a milonga in Damascus, Syria, on Oct. 5, 2022. Securing outfits and dancing shoes for their milongas, Syrian Tango dancers are fighting to keep their beloved art alive in a country where people nowadays can only think about securing food on the table after the U.S. sanctions left them no window to breathe from. TO GO WITH "Feature: Syrian Tango lovers carry on dancing amid economic hardship" (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua)

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SYRIA-DAMASCUS-TANGO-MILONGA

(221025) -- DAMASCUS, Oct. 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People perform Tango during a milonga in Damascus, Syria, on Oct. 5, 2022. Securing outfits and dancing shoes for their milongas, Syrian Tango dancers are fighting to keep their beloved art alive in a country where people nowadays can only think about securing food on the table after the U.S. sanctions left them no window to breathe from. TO GO WITH "Feature: Syrian Tango lovers carry on dancing amid economic hardship" (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua)

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SYRIA-DAMASCUS-TANGO-MILONGA

(221025) -- DAMASCUS, Oct. 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People perform Tango during a milonga in Damascus, Syria, on Oct. 5, 2022. Securing outfits and dancing shoes for their milongas, Syrian Tango dancers are fighting to keep their beloved art alive in a country where people nowadays can only think about securing food on the table after the U.S. sanctions left them no window to breathe from. TO GO WITH "Feature: Syrian Tango lovers carry on dancing amid economic hardship" (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua)

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Syrians find escape in dance, music amid prolonged conflicts

STORY: Syrians find escape in dance, music amid prolonged conflicts DATELINE: Oct. 24, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:11 LOCATION: Damascus CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Tango training 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): WIAM AL-KHOUS, Actress 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): GHAZWAN MALKI, Lawyer 4. various of people dancing Tango 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): HASMIK SALIKYAN, Tango coach 6. various of people dancing Tango STORYLINE: As Syrians are facing increasing suffering and hardship due to over a decade of war, dance and music have brought a note of comfort to the struggling people. At a cultural center in the heart of the capital city Damascus, a group of people gathers here three times a week to practice Tango. This has become an important way for them to deal with hardships in the war-torn country. Between practice sessions, the Tango dancers organize milonga music concerts, where they dress up and listen to the music amid an atmosphere of joy and energy. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): WIAM AL-KHOUS, Actress "I started Tango,