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The Inca temple of Sacsayhuamán gets only a handful of visitors per day now, as tourists cancel their trips to Cusco amid protests taking place in Peru.

Protests across Peru are keeping tourists away from the country’s top travel destinations

Protest

The Peruvian city of Cuzco is usually teeming with visitors, but because of ongoing protests, only 4% of its hotel rooms were occupied last month. Many residents say the situation has become critical.

A large group of people are shown from above circling above a memorial of flowers.

Ariel Henry announced as new prime minister of Haiti

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Large container ship being pulled by a tugboat

‘Formal solution’ reached over Ever Given container ship in the Suez Canal

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President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin are shown walking toward each other with their hands outstretched for a shake.

Biden and Putin begin face-to-face talks in Geneva

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People wearing masks behind a barricade hold their hands and fists up in the air

Keiko Fujimori leads in tight presidential runoff in Peru

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Free Peru party presidential candidate Pedro Castillo, from left, daughter Alondra, son Arnold and wife Lilia Paredes, pray before eating breakfast, in their home in Chugur, Peru, April 16, 2021. Castillo, a rural teacher, who has proposed rewriting Peru'

Peru polarized by two social conservatives in presidential runoff

Elections

The two will go head-to-head in a second round of voting on June 6, with a majority of voters disappointed in their options.