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Bogotá (AFP) – Colombians queue at Congress in Bogota to pay their respects to presidential candidate Miguel Uribe, who died two months after being shot at a campaign rally. The 39-year-old conservative senator, a grandson of former president Julio Cesar Turbay (1978-1982), was shot in the head and leg on June 7 at a rally in the capital Bogota by a suspected 15-year-old hitman. Uribe’s body will remain for public viewing at Congress until August 13. IMAGES

Bogotá (AFP) – Colombian police officers escort the coffin of late presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe into Congress in Bogotá, where relatives and lawmakers pay their respects as his body lies in state. Uribe died on August 11, two months after being shot in the head during a June 7 campaign rally. His wife announced the death after his condition deteriorated following a new brain hemorrhage linked to the assassination attempt, in which he was struck three times, twice in the head. IMAGES

Guayaquil (Ecuador) (AFP) – Images of the Guayaquil University Obstetric and Pediatric Hospital, where authorities are investigating the death of 12 newborns. On August 9, the Health Ministry of Ecuador announced the deaths were due to “multifactorial causes” in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Ecuadoran prosecutor’s office has opened an investigation after the Health Ministry indicated that two of the deaths may have been caused by bacterial contamination. IMAGES

Bogotá (AFP) – The Colombian Congress prepares for the arrival of the body of presidential candidate Miguel Uribe, who died two months after being shot at a campaign rally. A picture hangs on the door of his former office alongside a flag, while his sash is displayed on his seat in the chamber. IMAGES

Bogotá (AFP) – Dozens of people gather outside the National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences, in the center of Bogota, where the the body of Colombian presidential candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay is being held. The 39-year-old conservative senator, a grandson of former president Julio Cesar Turbay (1978-1982), was shot in the head and leg on June 7 at a rally in the capital Bogota by a suspected 15-year-old hitman. His body will be taken the Congress. IMAGES

Bogotá (AFP) – Images of Colombian flags at half-mast in Plaza Bolivar, in the center of Bogota, following the death of presidential candidate Miguel Uribe, two months after he was shot at a campaign rally. IMAGES

Bogotá (AFP) – Colombians start to gather at the site where Colombian presidential candidate Miguel Uribe was shot, in the Modelia neighbourhood of Bogota. The 39-year-old conservative senator, a grandson of former president Julio Cesar Turbay (1978-1982), was shot in the head and leg on June 7 at a rally in the capital Bogota. IMAGES

Maidan Wardak province (Afghanistan) (AFP) – Successive wars displaced Afghans over forty years, but peace has not brought total reprieve, as climate change-fuelled shocks drive people from their homes and strain livelihoods.

Vatican City (AFP) – Pope Leo XIV renews his appeal for peace, calling on the world to pray for “an end to all wars” during his Sunday Angelus prayer. “The 80th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki has reawakened through the world the necessary rejection of war as a way to resolve conflicts,” says Pope Leo.

Pacific Ocean (AFP) – An international crew of four astronauts is back home on Earth after nearly five months aboard the International Space Station, returning safely in a SpaceX capsule. The spacecraft carrying US astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, Japan’s Takuya Onishi and Russian cosmonaut Kirill Peskov splashes down off California’s coast at 8.44 am local time (1534 GMT).

London (AFP) – Protesters in London holding signs reading ‘I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action’ are arrested and led away by police for showing support for the banned group. Palestine Action is banned under anti-terror laws after activists broke into an air force base in England and damaged two aircraft. At least 365 people are arrested, thought to be one of the highest ever at a single protest in the UK capital, for “supporting a proscribed organisation”.

Dubai (AFP) – As temperatures soar outside, a sprawling shopping centre in Dubai echoes to the squeak of sneakers as hundreds of people join a “Mallathon” — an indoor, air-conditioned race. Running outside during summer in the Gulf, one of the world’s hottest regions where temperatures sometimes top 50C, is unpleasant and even unsafe for many.