Antwerp

Soldiers fanned out to guard possible terror targets across Belgium Saturday, including some buildings within the Jewish quarter of the port city of Antwerp. It was the first time in 30 years that authorities used troops to reinforce police in Belgium’s cities, and came a day after anti-terror raids netted dozens of suspects across Western Europe.

From the outside, Number 2 Hoveniersstraat Street in Antwerp is a nondescript office block. Only the clusters of businessmen speaking in Gujarati on their mobile phones or with each other, give any indication of the hive of activity inside.

Antwerp, Belgium is currently the leading hub of the global diamond trade, but Monday’s heist of about $50 million-worth of diamonds could give the competition in Dubai and Asia an upper hand.

Ms. Pelaez enjoyed “the entire show, the performance with these [dazzling] costumes.”

“You bring optimism, you bring a new life, a new kind of thinking, and this is most important,” he said.