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Cagayan Province (Philippines) (AFP) – Waters breach the banks of the Chico River in Cagayan province, Philippines, destroying houses and displacing residents as Typhoon Fung-wong slams into the Philippines’ eastern seaboard, killing at least five people and forcing more than a million to evacuate. Fung-wong, with a footprint that spanned nearly the entire archipelago, landed days after Typhoon Kalmaegi swept through the islands of the central Philippines, killing at least 224 people.

Sudanese people who fled from El-Fasher, the west Darfur stronghold taken by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on October 26, recount the horrors they saw on their journey, saying the streets were “filled with bodies”. Reports of mass killings, ethnic violence, abductions and sexual assaults have emerged in the aftermath of El-Fasher’s capture.

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva declares at the opening of UN climate talks in the Amazon that “it is time to inflict a new defeat” on climate change deniers, and that “COP30 will be the COP of truth”.

Belém (Brazil) (AFP) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula poses for a group photo with COP 30 executives as the climate summit begins. IMAGES

Belém (Brazil) (AFP) – The head of last year’s COP29, Mukhtar Babayev, announces that Andre Correa do Lago is elected as president of this year’s COP30 in Brazil. The two men share a photo opportunity as a gavel is symbolically handed over. IMAGES

Belém (Brazil) (AFP) – Indigenous people perform dance at the COP30 opening ceremony in Brazil. IMAGES

Belém (Brazil) (AFP) – People arrive at the COP30 climate change conference in Belem, Brazil, on opening day. Starting on Monday, the 50,000 participants expected in the Amazonian city face the daunting task of keeping global climate cooperation from collapsing. IMAGES

Langkawi (Malaysia) (AFP) – Malaysian rescuers recover a body after a boat carrying migrants capsized near the Thai border. Officials believe the boat was carrying undocumented migrants who departed from Myanmar, part of a group of at least 300 people that had split between several vessels. At least seven bodies have been recovered so far. IMAGES

Langkawi (Malaysia) (AFP) – Malaysia’s Maritime Enforcement Agency rescues two people, with dozens more missing, after a boat capsized near the Thai border. Officials believe the boat was carrying undocumented migrants who departed from Myanmar, part of a group of at least 300 people that had split between several vessels.

Kilauea Volcano (United States) (AFP) – One of the most active volacanoes in the world has started erupting. Kilauea, on Hawaii’s Big Island, is spewing large columns of lava into the air. Kilauea is one of six active volcanoes located in the Hawaiian Islands.

Machala (Equateur) (AFP) – At least four people have been killed and over 30 injured in violence at a prison in Ecuador involving firearms and explosives, according to authorities. This is the latest spasm of prison unrest in the South American country plagued by drug-trafficking gangs. IMAGES

Santa Marta (Colombie) (AFP) – The Czech Foreign Minister, Jan Lipavsky, states the need to invest in Ukraine’s defense to halt the Russian offensive and ensure Europe’s security. Following the victory of populist Andrej Babis in the Czech legislative elections, the outgoing government fears a shift in policy regarding Ukraine. “If we want to stop Russia, we have to pay for it,” Lipavsky says from the Colombian city of Santa Marta, where he is attending the summit between CELAC and the EU. SOUNDBITE