Celebrations were held in Bridgetown, Barbados, on November 29, ahead of the Caribbean nation becoming a republic after midnight. Dame Sandra Mason was sworn in as the island nation's first president just an hour before the country became a republic at midnight. Credit: UKinCaribbean via Storyful
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