Tianjin (China) (AFP) – Railway enthusiasts have flocked to join the first train from China’s capital Beijing to North Korea’s capital Pyongyang, six years after the international rail service was suspended during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Cúcuta (Colombia) (AFP) – People are dismantling the stage and the installations that were initially planned to host the meeting between Venezuela’s interim president, Delcy Rodriguez, and Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro, a journalist from AFP present in Cucuta, in northeastern Colombia, has observed. The first foreign visit of Venezuela’s US-backed interim leader since taking power was abruptly cancelled just hours before she was due to arrive in Colombia. IMAGES
Beijing (AFP) – Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun says that new trade investigations announced by the United States into dozens of countries are “political manipulation”. It comes after US President Donald Trump announced separate probes centred on overproduction and importing goods made with forced labour, targeting China, the European Union, Japan, India, among others.
Muharraq (Bahrain) (AFP) – A huge blaze rages after an attack on fuel tanks in Bahrain that was blamed on Iran. “The blatant Iranian aggression targets fuel tanks at a facility in Muharraq Governorate,” Bahrain’s Ministry of Interior said in a post on X. The International Energy Agency warned that the Middle East war is causing the biggest oil supply shock in history, after Iran launched a new wave of attacks against Gulf energy targets. The war is now in its second week after US-Israeli strikes started the conflict on 28 February.
Ipiales (Colombie) (AFP) – Traders block a road by installing a container in Ipiales, department of Narino, on the border between Colombia and Ecuador, protesting the trade war between the governments of Gustavo Petro and Daniel Noboa, which includes the imposition of tariffs. IMAGES
Erbil (Iraq) (AFP) – Kurdish rebel fighters, speaking from a base near Erbil in Iraq’s Kurdistan region that was recently hit by an Iranian drone strike, say they will return to Iran to fight the country’s leadership “when the time is right”. Since the Middle East war began with a wave of US-Israeli strikes on Iran, Tehran has repeatedly struck Kurdish militants’ positions in Iraq, accusing them of serving Western or Israeli interests.
Islam Qala (Afghanistan) (AFP) – Exhausted Afghans cross the border from Iran in a sandstorm, leaving behind a country in the grip of war to return to a homeland that is battered by conflict and humanitarian crisis.
Washington (United States) (AFP) – A statue depicting US President Donald Trump and the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as Jack and Rose in a “Titanic” scene is on display on the National Mall near the US Capitol in Washington, DC.
Washington (United States) (AFP) – A statue depicting US President Donald Trump and the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as Jack and Rose in a “Titanic” scene is on display on the National Mall near the US Capitol in Washington, DC.
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (AFP) – Sweeping drone shots of Rocinha are drawing crowds of tourists to the hillside favela, propelled by influencers with millions of followers, but the trend has stirred unease among locals who accuse visitors of turning hardship into spectacle.
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (AFP) – Sweeping drone shots of Rocinha are drawing crowds of tourists to the hillside favela, propelled by influencers with millions of followers, but the trend has stirred unease among locals who accuse visitors of turning hardship into spectacle.
San Fernando de Apure (Venezuela) (AFP) – About 200 competitors mount horses and try to chase a bull’s tail in a “coleo” competition in San Fernando de Apure, Venezuela’s cowboy region located in the tropical grasslands. Despite opposition from animal welfare groups, bull-tailing remains an integral part of popular culture.
