US First Lady Michelle Obama leaves the stage after her speech at the fourth annual Global Citizen Festival in Central Park Manhattan on September 26, 2015 in New York. - AFP / Kena Betancur
New York (AFP) - Some of the biggest names in music and politics from Beyonce to European prime ministers rallied in a concert aimed at mobilizing action to eradicate extreme poverty.
Before thousands of people in New York's Central Park and a far greater audience on television, the Global Citizen Festival sought to use entertainment to broaden support for new United Nations development goals.
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