Oaxaca (AFP) – Hundreds of people fill the cemetery of Xoxocotlan in Oaxaca de Juarez, surrounding graves adorned with flowers, candles, and offerings. They come together to celebrate the Day of the Dead — a deeply rooted Mexican tradition that fuses Indigenous spirituality with Catholic faith.
Novi Sad (AFP) – Tens of thousands of Serbians mark the first anniversary of a deadly railway station roof collapse in Novi Sad, the country’s second-largest city, observing 16 minutes of silence for the 16 victims. “I’m happy that so many people have arrived to voice condolences and to show that they are not happy with the regime, with the authorities,” says one attendee.
Rio de Janeiro (Brésil) (AFP) – Protesters march in Rio de Janeiro’s Complexo da Penha favela against police actions following Brazil’s bloodiest police raid, which killed at least 117 suspected criminals and four police officers. The incident spotlights the city’s controversial war against drug gangs entrenched in poor neighborhoods. IMAGES
London (AFP) – People on the streets around Buckingham Palace in London react to King Charles III’s historic decision to strip his brother Andrew of his royal titles. The king’s move to axe Andrew’s prince title — the first such action in more than a century — is the latest humiliating fallout for the scandal-plagued royal over his links to convicted US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Rio de Janeiro (Brésil) (AFP) – Residents of the Complexo da Penha favela protest against police action following Brazil’s bloodiest police raid that killed at least 117 suspected criminals and four police officers, spotlighting the city’s controversial war against drug gangs entrenched in poor neighborhoods. IMAGES
El Cobre (AFP) – Damian Figueredo surveys the ruins of his home in Cuba’s El Cobre after Hurricane Melissa tore it away. Figueredo is grateful to be alive, but, like many on the communist island, he doesn’t know how he will ever rebuild. The ferocious storm has devastated Caribbean islands and is expected to become an “extratropical cyclone” later in the day, reaching the northeastern United States and eastern Canada, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in its latest advisory.
Trujillo (Peru) (AFP) – Keiko Fujimori announced on October 30 she will run for Peru’s presidency next year, marking her fourth attempt to lead the country once helmed by her father, dictator Alberto Fujimori, from 1990 to 2000. The eldest daughter has revealed her intentions to run as candidate for the conservative Popular Force at a party event. IMAGES
Barcelona (AFP) – The first arm of a large cross that will crown Barcelona architect Antoni Gaudi’s church, the Sagrada Familia, is lifted by crane to a platform 54 metres up the church’s main tower, kicking off the final phase of a drawn-out construction process that began in 1882. The full inauguration of the tower and cross is expected on 10 June 2026 at a ceremony set to be attended by Pope Leo XIV. But this will not mark the end of the construction of what has been billed the world’s most famous unfinished building.
Den Haag (AFP) – Dutch centrist leader Rob Jetten says his election victory over far-right head Geert Wilders shows it is possible to beat populist parties that are on the rise in Europe. “I think we’ve now shown to the rest of Europe and the world that it is possible to beat the populist movements if you campaign with a positive message for your country,” Jetten tells AFP in The Hague.
