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Sanaa (AFP) – Residential buildings lie in ruins after overnight strikes on Yemen’s capital Sanaa, attributed to the United States by Huthi media. Since Donald Trump came to power in January, US strikes on Yemen have become an almost daily occurrence. The Huthis, who control much of war-torn Yemen, are part of Iran’s “axis of resistance” – countering US and Israeli interests in the region. They regularly launch missiles and drones at Israel and at cargo vessels plying the key Red Sea trade route. US strikes on Huthi targets seek to thwart these Huthi strikes.

Rome (AFP) – Members of the public queue to visit Pope Francis’s tomb at the Roman basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore as it opens to the public for the first time. It comes a day after 400,000 lined the streets of Rome and St Peter’s Square in the Vatican to watch the late pontiff’s funeral. “His simplicity made him feel like a neighbour”, one visitor to the tomb says.

Mississauga (Canada) (AFP) – At a rally in Ontario two days before elections, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney attacks US President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canadian imports into the United States. Carney’s Liberal Party were trailing the opposition Conservatives when former leader Justin Trudeau resigned in January. In the weeks after that, Trump rolled out a barrage of tariff policies which Carney has vowed to fight back against – a message which appeals to many Canadians who are hardest hit by them.

Ashikaga (Japan) (AFP) – Thousands of people visit Ashikaga Flower Park north of Tokyo to admire over 350 wisteria trees – some over 100 year old – in full bloom. “Spectacular is the word. And I love how Japan is so seasonal and celebrates its seasons,” says visitor Sonia Paul.

Rome (AFP) – Pope Francis’ tomb inside the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome is revealed on the first day it opens for public viewing. Francis was buried in an alcove of the church, becoming the first pope in more than a century to be interred outside the Vatican. The tomb simply bears his papal name in Latin: ‘Fransiscus’.

Vatikanstadt (AFP) – Hundreds of thousands of mourners, as well as world leaders, attend the funeral of Pope Francis. According to the Vatican, 400,000 people packed St Peter’s Square and lined the streets of Rome to bid farewell to the first Latin American leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics. Francis sought to steer the centuries-old Church into a more inclusive direction during his 12-year papacy, and his death prompted a global outpouring of emotion.

Los Angeles (AFP) – Americans aged 19 to 31 comment on the first 100 days of Donald Trump’s second term as president in Los Angeles, New York, Atlanta, and Pennsylvania. They reflect on policy shifts, economic hopes, and what they see as deepening divides in the country they call home.

Buenos Aires (AFP) – Buenos Aires Archbishop Jorge Garcia Cuerva presides over a solemn Mass in honor of Pope Francis at the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral on the day of his funeral in Rome. IMAGES

Buenos Aires (AFP) – Hundreds of faithful gather in front of Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral to attend a solemn Mass honoring the late Pope Francis on the day his funeral is held in Rome. IMAGES

Buenos Aires (AFP) – Hundreds of faithful gather in front of Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral to attend a solemn Mass honoring the late Pope Francis on the day his funeral is held in Rome. IMAGES

(AFP) – The Russian army has fully liberated the border Kursk region from Ukrainian control with the help of North Korean soldiers, claims Chief of Staff Valery Gerasimov, admitting their participation in the conflict for the first time. Shortly after, the Ukrainian army denied Russia’s claim to have driven Kyiv’s forces out of Kursk but acknowledged the situation on the battlefield was “difficult”.

Rom (AFP) – Tourists visit Rome’s papal basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, the church Pope Francis chose as his final resting place. He is the first pontiff to be buried outside the Vatican walls in more than a century. Francis declared his desire to be entombed in the basilica — known in English as the Basilica of Saint Mary Major — in 2023. The last pope to be buried there was Clement IX in 1669.