“I like these paintings very much. The painters are great artists. I have visited China, and I thought China was developed. But I did not know about the persecution of Falun Gong or the live organ harvesting taking place there,” said a gentleman from Egypt after viewing the Art of Zhen, Shan, Ren International Exhibition held in Kiev, Ukraine, from August 1 to 20, 2014.

August 20 was Hungary National Day. The host of the National Day celebrations invited the European Divine Land Marching Band to participate in the parade. This was the second time the band has been invited to join the annual event.

Over 1,300,000 people attended Kulturkalaset, the largest arts festival in Gothenburg from August 12-17, 2014. Among them, many people were excited to learn about the peaceful meditation practice of Falun Gong.

Impressed by Falun Dafa practitioners’ performance during Olympic Day on June 23, 2014, the Russia Olympic Committee recommended them to the Crimea Sports Committee for celebrations of the 75th Day of the Physical Culturist on August 9, 2014.

Falun Dafa practitioners in Denmark participated in the 10-day Aarhus Festival which started on August 29, 2014. This year's festival theme is “Same but Different,” to commemorate the cultural festival’s 50th anniversary.

Falun Gong practitioners introduced the peaceful meditation practice on July 4-6, 2014, at the Altona Cultural Festival in Hamburg, Germany, the biggest community fair in northern Germany. This is the twelfth year that practitioners have participated in the event.

Falun Gong practitioners held a three-day event in Helsinki, Finland to commemorate 15 years of peaceful resistance to the persecution in China.

Russia held its 25th Olympic Day in Crimea on June 28, 2014, celebrating the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi and the 120th anniversary of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Falun Gong practitioners were invited to attend and demonstrate the exercises.

Falun Gong practitioners in Slovakia held a tour through six cities to raise awareness of the persecution in China and to collect signatures against the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) forced organ harvesting of persecuted Falun Gong practitioners.

Local Falun Gong practitioners took this opportunity to talk to the throngs of sports fans from around the world about Falun Gong and expose the brutal persecution of Falun Gong in China.

Lake Lucerne, located in central Switzerland near the Alps, is a favourite tourist destination known for its serenity and charm. Over the past weekend, local residents and tourists noticed Falun Dafa practitioners from nearby cities peacefully meditating by the lake.

Tourists from around the world had an opportunity to learn about the persecution of Falun Gong in The Hague on July 20 during Falun Gong practitioners' activities marking the 15-year brutal persecution. They signed a petition to show their support for practitioners' efforts to bring the persecution to an end.

Falun Dafa practitioners from southern France held a rally in front of the Chinese Consulate General in Marseille on July 20, 2014, calling for an end to the 15-year persecution in China.

Ukraine practitioners held signature drives on that day in three cities in Ukraine: Kiev (capital), Kharkov (former capital), and Dnipropetrovsk (industrial centre and fourth largest city). Many signed the petitions in support of their efforts to end the persecution.

Practitioners in Romania held a peaceful protest in front of the Chinese Embassy in Bucharest on July 20 and collected signatures calling for an end to the Chinese regime's state-sanctioned crime of harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners.