Guatemala-Stadt (AFP) – With flowers and candles, Indigenous Maya people conduct a thanksgiving ritual on an archaeological site near Guatemala City and honor their ancestral traditions on the UN’s international Indigenous Peoples’ Day. The group gathers around a fire at the Kaminaljuyu site to say prayers and burn offerings.
Guatemala-Stadt (AFP) – With flowers and candles, Indigenous Maya people conduct a thanksgiving ritual on an archaeological site near Guatemala City and honor their ancestral traditions on the UN’s international Indigenous Peoples’ Day. The group gathers around a fire at the Kaminaljuyu site to say prayers and burn offerings.
Pereira (Colombia) (AFP) – Rescuers from the Colombian army help clear debris in Pereira a day after a powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck the country, killing at least 181 people. IMAGES
Pereira (Colombia) (AFP) – Colombian volunteers and rescuers clear rubble with their bare hands and buckets to search for survivors after the country’s strongest earthquake in a decade killed at least 132 people and flattened buildings.
Pereira (Colombie) (AFP) – Emergency services, civilians and members of the armed forces clear rubble in the Colombian town of Pereira, following a deadly 7.4 magnitude earthquake that shook several cities across the country’s coffee-producing region and the Pacific coast. At least 111 people have died, an unknown number of people are still buried under debris, and over 1,500 buildings have been damaged. IMAGES
Pereira (Colombie) (AFP) – Emergency services, civilians and members of the armed forces clear rubble in the Colombian town of Pereira, following a deadly 7.4 magnitude earthquake that shook several cities across the country’s coffee-producing region and the Pacific coast. At least 111 people have died, an unknown number of people are still buried under debris, and over 1,500 buildings have been damaged. IMAGES
Manizales (Colombie) (AFP) – Clean-up operations have begun in the Colombian town of Manizales, following a deadly 7.4 magnitude earthquake that shook several cities across the country’s coffee-producing region and the Pacific coast. At least 111 people have died, an unknown number of people are still buried under rubble, and over 1,500 buildings have been damaged. IMAGES
Manizales (Colombie) (AFP) – Clean-up operations have begun in the Colombian town of Manizales, following a deadly 7.4 magnitude earthquake that shook several cities across the country’s coffee-producing region and the Pacific coast. At least 111 people have died, an unknown number of people are still buried under rubble, and over 1,500 buildings have been damaged. IMAGES
London (AFP) – Aerial images show the dried-out banks of a pond in London, as the UK’s Met Office says a new heatwave is set to hit southern and central England. According to provisional figures, last month was the driest July on record for England and Wales.
Gaza (AFP) – Gaza beekeeper Ibrahim al-Dabba and his sons tend beehives on a rooftop after he lost around 400 hives east of the city during the war. “Just as we are displaced in the streets, the bees are also displaced on the rooftops,” says al-Dabba, head of the Beekeepers Cooperative in the Gaza Strip.
Gaza (AFP) – Gaza beekeeper Ibrahim al-Dabba and his sons tend beehives on a rooftop after he lost around 400 hives east of the city during the war. “Just as we are displaced in the streets, the bees are also displaced on the rooftops,” says al-Dabba, head of the Beekeepers Cooperative in the Gaza Strip.
Paris (AFP) – Dead leaves, scorched lawns and struggling plants give Paris an autumnal appearance well before the season, as repeated heatwaves take a growing toll on urban vegetation.
