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The usually sleepy Laotian capital Vientiane has an uncharacteristic buzz, bedecked with flags and T-shirt vendors ahead of commemorations of 50 years of communist rule Tuesday, but for many young people history carries little weight.

It’s just a quiet drive beneath a near mile of stately cedars bedecked with strings of multicolor lights.

An exception to this was at the start of July when lampposts between the University of Birmingham and the Edgbaston cricket ground were bedecked with Palestinian flags - they were quickly taken down.

The coffin, bedecked with flowers, was opened at a pavilion in the cemetery.

Style: Dylan performed in mime makeup and a broad-brimmed hat bedecked in flowers.