Moskau (AFP) – Partners of Russian men fighting in Ukraine lay flowers at the flame of the unknown soldier near the Kremlin. As the second anniversary of the Ukraine conflict looms, the female relatives of Russia’s mobilised men are becoming more and more outspoken in calling for their loved ones to come home.
Bariloche (AFP) – People and animals struggle to cool down in Bariloche, a tourist town in Patagonia, a normally cold and windy region in Argentina’s far south, where a heatwave has brought record temperatures that exceeded 40 degrees Celsius in the southern hemisphere summer. Two provinces have declared states of emergency due to fire risk until April, as firefighters continue to battle an “out of control” blaze in a national park, struggling to keep it from reaching two nearby towns.
Nairobi (AFP) – Several hundred people march in Nairobi to protest against femicide in Kenya, where over a dozen women have been killed this month in cases that shocked the nation.
London (AFP) – A big screen in London’s Piccadilly Circus displays candles to commemorate the lives lost in the Holocaust as well as victims of genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur.
Bangkok (AFP) – Thailand’s and China’s foreign ministers sign off on a visa waiver agreement as the two countries look to boost ties.
Miami (AFP) – The world’s largest cruise ship, Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas, sets sail from Miami on its maiden voyage, carrying what amounts to the population of a small city.
Venedig (AFP) – The thick fog that covered Venice did not prevent thousands of tourists from crowding the city to attend the traditional mask carnival.
Wien (AFP) – Tens of thousands of people protest in Austria against right-wing extremism and racism.
London (AFP) – Cartoonist Posy Simmonds finds it “quite extraordinary” to be the first British artist to win the Grand Prix at the Angouleme comics festival in France, considered the world’s most prestigious awards for graphic novelists.
Berlin (AFP) – Sahra Wagenknecht, co-president of Germany’s new radical left-wing populist party, calls for negotiations with Moscow to end the war in Ukraine, at the first congress of the new formation that bears her name.
Pjöngjang (AFP) – Images of China’s vice foreign minister Sun Weidong at Pyongyang International Airport on Saturday, a day after Sun met with North Korea’s top diplomats in Pyongyang, state media said, as the nuclear-armed state has accelerated its weapons testing and threats toward Seoul in recent months.
London (AFP) – Cartoonist Posy Simmonds finds it “quite extraordinary” to be the first British artist to win the Grand Prix at the Angouleme comics festival in France, considered the world’s most prestigious awards for graphic novelists.
