A woman wears Peru's national flag in her hair while she buys a softdrink, as supporters of presidential candidate Pedro Castillo gather near the National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE) in Lima, Peru June 8, 2021. REUTERS/Alessandro Cinque

Student teachers take soft drinks from a truck, which they blocked on a highway, during a protest in support of 43 missing students, in Chilpancingo, November 7, 2014. Forty-three missing students abducted by corrupt police in southwest Mexico six weeks ago were apparently incinerated by drug gang henchmen and their remains tipped in a garbage dump and a river, the government said on Friday. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril (MEXICO - Tags: CRIME LAW CIVIL UNREST EDUCATION POLITICS)

A hooded teacher student urges a truck driver to park his truck, which was carrying soft drinks, on the side of the highway as part of a protest in support of 43 missing students in Chilpancingo November 7, 2014. Forty-three missing students abducted by corrupt police in southwest Mexico six weeks ago were apparently incinerated by drug gang henchmen and their remains tipped in a garbage dump and a river, the government said on Friday. Attorney General Jesus Murillo said three detainees, caught a week ago, admitted setting fire to a group of bodies in a dump near Iguala in the state of Guerrero, where the trainee teachers went missing on September 26 after clashing with local police. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril (MEXICO - Tags: CRIME LAW CIVIL UNREST EDUCATION POLITICS)

USA-SOFTDRINK/ - U.S. carbonated soft drink sales by volume and year-on-year percent change. (SIN06)

Germany's environmental Green party (Die Gruenen) candidate in the September 18 Berlin mayoral election Renate Kuenast looks at an overflowing bottle of softdrink before a party meeting in Berlin August 31, 2011. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz (GERMANY - Tags: POLITICS)

Germany's environmental Green party (Die Gruenen) candidate in the September 18 Berlin mayoral election Renate Kuenast (C) looks at an overflowing bottle of softdrink before a party meeting in Berlin August 31, 2011. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz (GERMANY - Tags: POLITICS)

Filipino supporters of movie icon Fernando Poe Jr receive softdrinks at St. Domingo church where Poe's wake is being held in Manila. Filipino supporters of movie icon Fernando Poe Jr receive free softdrinks at St. Domingo church where Poe's wake is being held in Manila, December 20, 2004. Thousands of Filipinos continued to attend Poe's wake at a Roman Catholic church, and queued several hours to view the body of their idol. REUTERS/Cheryl Ravelo

Activists of the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party deface a
poster of popular Bollywood star Kareena Kapoor in an advertisement for
an American softdrink in Bombay August 6, 2003. The activists were
protesting against softdrink giants Coca-Cola and Pepsi, which they
said were selling softdrinks containing pesticides. An environmental
group, the Centre for Science and Environment, on Tuesday named several
international and Indian softdrink manufacturers, in their report that
their beverages contained high levels of pesticides such as DDT and
malathion. Although the softdrink giants denied the presence of
pesticides, the Indian parliament has stopped the sale of Coke and
Pepsi on it's premises. REUTERS/Sherwin Crasto

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A Chinese commuter waits for a ride near a softdrink advertisement
featuring English soccer star David Beckham on a bus in Shanghai June
20, 2003. In China, millions of European football devotees refer to the
mid-fielder by the endearing Chinese nickname 'Little Bei'. Beckham,
who was traded to Real Madrid from Manchester United for 35 million
euros ($41 million) on Tuesday, is on a week-long Asian promotional
tour. REUTERS/Claro Cortes IV

CC/CP

A Chinese passenger sits above a softdrink advertisement featuring
English soccer star David Beckham on a bus in Shanghai June 20, 2003.
In China, millions of European football devotees refer to the
mid-fielder by the endearing Chinese nickname 'Little Bei'. Beckham,
who was traded to Real Madrid from Manchester United for 35 million
euros ($41 million) on Tuesday, is on a week-long Asian promotional
tour. REUTERS/Claro Cortes IV

CC/CP

A Chinese shopper looks at softdrinks near Coca Cola bottles featuring
Chinese national players at a supermarket in Shanghai May 27, 2003. Chinese
basketball player Yao Ming is suing Coca-Cola for one yuan ($0.12), accusing
the soft drinks giant of using his image improperly, officials and
statemedia said on Tuesday. Yao, who plays center for the Houston Rockets
and is a spokesman for Pepsi Co., demanded the immediate recall of all
Coca-Cola products and promotional materials bearing his image and name, the
China Business Weekly said. The bottle shows Chinese national players (L-R)
Mengke Bateer, Yao Ming and Guo Shiqiang. REUTERS/Claro Cortes IV

CC/PB

An Afghan shopkeeper arranges softdrink bottles near a banner showing
various types of landmines on the outskirts of Bagram in Afghanistan
May 8, 2003. The Nnited Nations said on Thursday it had suspended mine
clearance operations along parts of a key highway linking the Afghan
capital with the south of the country after two attacks on deminers
last week. REUTERS/Kamal Kishore

KK/CP

U.S Army 2nd Infantry Division tank driver Joseph McDonald, from
Huntington, West Virginia, enjoys a drink as he waits in line to wash
his Abrams tank at Camp Casey in Tongduchon, north of Seoul following
exercises March 11, 2003. North Korea fired a cruise missile into the
Sea of Japan Monday as it tries to force the United States into nuclear
negotiations, but Washington appeared unswayed by the action.
REUTERS/Darren Whiteside

DW/RCS

A worker puts an advertisement for U.S.-based softdrink maker Coca-Cola with
its first new Chinese script logo at a subway station in Shanghai, China's
business capital March 3, 2003. Coca-Cola, the world's largest soft drinks
company, is to branch out into mid-and-small size cities in China as it
strives to turn the country into its number one market within 10 years.
Foreign companies are trying to get a slice of the world's most populated
country with 1.3 billion people. REUTERS/Claro Cortes Iv

CC/CP

Two Chinese men walk past a huge billboard showing Manchester United's
soccer star David Beckham drinking a U.S. softdrink in Shanghai March
15, 2002. Companies are using famous football stars in their
advertisement to lure customers in this soccer-crazy nation. China make
their debut in the World Cup finals in Korea and Japan this year where
they will face Brazil, Turkey and Costa Rica in Group C of the
competition starting May 31. REUTERS/Claro Cortes IV

CC/CP

A Chinese worker takes a break in front of a U.S. softdrink
advertisement in Shanghai March 8, 2002. As part of its accession
agreement to the World Trade Organisation, China has pledged to allow
foreign firms wider access to its large and growing market.
REUTERS/Claro Cortes IV

CC/JD

Hong Kong actress-singer Sammi Cheng poses during a news conference in
Hong Kong to promote the U.S. softdrink in China January 3, 2002. Cheng
was among the five musicians nominated from Hong Kong during a recent
MTV poll by fans from 10 Asian countries for the favourite stars. Music
video pioneer MTV says it is just a matter of time before Asian pop
idols make their presence felt on the international stage. REUTERS/Kin
Cheung

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Hong Kong actress-singer Sammi Cheng holds a Pepsi can during a news
conference to promote the U.S. softdrink in China January 3, 2002.
Cheng was among the five musicians nominated from Hong Kong during a
recent MTV poll by fans from 10 Asian countries for the favourite
stars. Music video pioneer MTV says it is just a matter of time before
Asian pop idols make their presence felt on the international stage.
REUTERS/Kin Cheung

KC/DL

A Chinese security officer keeps watch under a poster for a U.S.
softdrink company in Shanghai November 9, 2001. Foreign firms are
employing popular Chinese personalities in an effort to win the huge
Chinese market as they anticipate more competitors entering China when
it joins the World Trade Organisation (WTO). REUTERS/Claro Cortes IV

CC/RCS

Dr. Pepper president Jack Kildruff (L) shakes hands with driver Morty Buckles over the hood of Pontiiac Grand Prix racing car at the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition "Wall Street Conference" in New York on January 26, 2001 where the sponsorship of an African-American owned NASCAR racing team by the Dr. Pepper softdrink company was announced. Team founder and manager Leonard Miller Sr. (3rd L) and his son Leonard Miller Jr. (2nd L) also attended.

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Rev. Jesse Jackson speaks at the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition "Wall Street Conference" in New York on January 26, 2001. Jackson announced the sponsorship of an African-American owned NASCAR racing team by the Dr. Pepper softdrink company at the conference.

PM

A migrant worker eats under a huge softdrink billboard along a Beijing sidewalk July 5. Beijing's imminent entry to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) later this year could cost millions of Chinese workers their jobs in the face of foreign competition.

GN/CC

A Chinese commuter, flanked by softdrink advertisement featuring soccer stars Roberto Carlos (R), Michael Owen (C) and David Beckham (L), waits for a bus in Beijing May 19. As the European Union and China continue their marathon talks on Friday on Beijing's WTO entry, the U.S. administration of President Clinton is trying feverishly to round up votes in the Congress to approve permanent trade benefits for China. The looming vote in the House of Representatives next week, considered too close to call at the moment, could give the EU a negotiating edge.

ASW/DL

A Vietnamese man walks past a cut-out of Manchester United player David Beckham promoting a softdrink in Hanoi April 12. Vietnam is a football crazy nation where many people stay up into the early hours of the morning to watch, via satellite, live English League and European football matches.

CC/DL

FOR RELEASE WITH STORY BC-FOOD-BRAZIL-DRINK - Image showing Brazilian soft drink, Guarana, which beverage company AmBev hopes to market worldwide. Made from the base powder of the small Amazonian berry guarana, has three times the kick of coffee, and has been transformed into the country's most popular fruity pink soft drink. Taking full advantage of guarana's jungle allure, the company hopes its "Brazilian Rain Forest Original" can ride on a wave of rising global demand for so-called "new age" soft drinks.

GN/RCS

Image showing Brazilian soft drink, Guarana, which beverage company AmBev hopes to market worldwide. Made from the base powder of the small Amazonian berry, guarana has three times the kick of coffee, and has been transformed into the country's most popular fruity pink soft drink. Taking full advantage of guarana's jungle allure, the company hopes its "Brazilian Rain Forest Original" can ride on a wave of rising global demand for so-called "new age" soft drinks. Brahma and Antartica, Brazil's two leading beverage companies, merged to become the world's fifth largest drinks company.

GN/RCS

Filipino boys beat the simmering heat in Manila April 6, using a softdrink cooler and a water hose to cool down. Weather forecasters said temperature could hit more than 34 degrees Celcius in the capital as summer encroaches.

RR/CC

People walk past posters featuring a caricature portrait of Monika Lewinsky, part of an advertising of the Warp 4 softdrink, in the center of Warsaw October 7. The portrait says: "As of today it is only Warp 4 I take into my mouth." [Monika Lewinsky became a well know figure after a sex-scandal with U.S. President Bill Clinton. ]
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People walk past posters featuring a caricature portrait of Monika Lewinsky, part of an advertising of the Warp 4 softdrink, in the center of Warsaw October 7. The portrait says: "As of today it is only Warp 4 I take into my mouth." Monika Lewinski became a well know figure after a sex-scandal with U.S. President Bill Clinton.

PK/ME

Activists of the India's Socialist Party shout slogans against softdrink makers Coca-Cola and Pepsi Cola during a protest against multinational firms in New Delhi July 10. Protestors demanded that Indians should boycott products made by foreign firms and said domestic industry was badly hit by the entry of multinationals.

Activists of the India's Socialist Party shout slogans against softdrink makers Coca-Cola and Pepsi Cola during a protest against multinational firms in New Delhi July 10. Protestors demanded that Indians should boycott products made by foreign firms and said domestic industry was badly hit by the entry of multinationals.

SM/FY/ME

A walking robot named Wabian, developed by Professor Atsuo Takanishi and his project team at Tokyo's Waseda University, holds a softdrink can as it walks in a university laboratory. The human-like robot is 166 cm tall and weighs 107 kg. Upon successful development of Wabian, Prof. Takanishi and his team are now moving onto the next step for a further improved robot. Picture taken MAR97.

Activists of India's Socialist Party shout slogans against softdrink makers Coca-Cola and Pepsi Co during a protest to boycott products made by multinational firms in New Delhi July 11. The protest was to mark the completion of a 1,200-day campaign against an invitation to foreign companies under the Indian government's free-market economic reforms programme that ended socialist controls.

INDIA

A Chinese shopkeeper cleans the U.S. softdrink-sponsored awning above his shop in central Beijing with China's national flag in the background June 26. The sign on top reads "public telephone". The flag, normally displayed outside homes and businesses during public holidays, is out in force in the run-up to the midnight June 30 handover of Hong Kong to China after more than 150 years of British rule. Beijing has tried to stir up patriotic sentiment and ordered its citizens to display the national flag to celebrate the handover.

BEIJING

A worker takes a rest while setting up a scaffolding April 25 in front of Saint Basil Cathedral at the Red Square in preparation for an open air concert on the weekend. A giant international softdrink company will be organising the concert in order to launch a new product

A worker takes a rest while setting up a scaffolding April 25 in front of Saint Basil Cathedral at the Red Square in preparation for an open air concert on the weekend. A giant international softdrink company will be organising the concert in order to launch a new product.

CIS RUSSIA

Construction workers put the finishing touches on a new Coca Cola billboard in Beijing October 26 that once completed, will be the company's largest advertisement in China. The U.S. softdrink company plans to invest a total of more than US$500 million in China and recently opened a US$26 million bottling plant, the company's 16th in China, in the northeastern city of Shenyang and plans to have 23 such plants by next year

A Vietnamese vendor sells lottery tickets with U.S. softdrink Coca-Cola advertisement in Hanoi July 11

Polar bear Cola (R) nibbles on a tree-trunk as Coca takes a rest in Vienna's Schoenbrunn zoo, July 20. The two bears, initially called Olga and Olinka, have been renamed to Coca and Cola since sponsored by a softdrink company after they moved to Vienna from Cologne's zoo in March 1994