Monterey Park (United States) (AFP) – People lay flowers and light candles in front of the Star Dance Studio in Monterey Park, where 10 people died in a mass shooting Saturday as they celebrated the Lunar New Year near Los Angeles.
Pretoria (AFP) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrives for talks in South Africa where he is greeted by his counterpart Naledi Pandor in Pretoria.
Wuhan (China) (AFP) – Residents of China’s Wuhan say they are hopeful for the future and no longer afraid of Covid-19, three years after the city was locked down over what was then a mysterious virus. Since Beijing ordered the city to be sealed off in a bid to suffocate the outbreak in January 2020, Covid has spread across the planet, killing millions and plunging the global economy into turmoil.
Wuhan (China) (AFP) – Residents of China’s Wuhan flock to Guiyuan temple to offer prayers, light incense and leave food at the temple as an offering to the gods as part of Lunar New Year tradition three years after the city was locked down over what was then a mysterious virus. IMAGES
Macau (AFP) – Macau’s streets have been bustling in the run-up to the Lunar New Year, but it is far from business as usual as the Chinese casino hub wrestles with questions about its future as Beijing pushes the former Portuguese colony to diversify its casino-reliant economy.
New York (AFP) – Some 300 women demonstrated in New York for abortion rights on the 50th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court ruling, which guaranteed that right before the court reversed itself last June.
Wuhan (China) (AFP) – Outside Wuhan’s Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, once suspected of being the epicentre of the outbreaks, that has been closed since January 2020. More than three years after the discovery of the first cases of the coronavirus, the origin of the pandemic remains enigmatic. IMAGES
Buenos Aires (AFP) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva arrives at the Jorge Newbery Aeroparque Military Air Station in Buenos Aires with his wife Rosangela “Janja” da Silva, ahead of his meeting with Argentine President Alberto Fernandez and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC).
Washington (AFP) – People in the US capital usher in the lunar Year of the Rabbit with dance, dragons and martial arts performances.
Monterey Park (United States) (AFP) – Images show police and other officials, including from the FBI, at the scene of the mass shooting that left 10 people dead and 10 others wounded at a dance club in Monterey Park during Lunar New Year celebrations. Police have been involved in a stand-off with the man they believe was responsible for the killing, according to media reports.
Paris (AFP) – An inflatable installation on the Trocadero esplanade, in front of the Eiffel Tower, appeared on the sidelines of Paris Fashion Week. The creation is inspired by “Howl’s Moving Castle”, the famous animated film by Japanese producer Hayao Miyazaki, in collaboration with the luxury clothing brand Loewe.
Piornal (Spain) (AFP) – In the town of Piornal in Spain, a centuries-old traditional festival has crowds throw turnips at the “Jarramplas,” a man dressed in multicoloured garb and a pointy wooden headgear. According to tradition, Jarramplas represents a cattle rustler, but he also embodies evil and beating him symbolises the expulsion of everything bad.
