Atlanta (AFP) – People line up outside the Carter Presidential Center, in Atlanta, Georgia, where former US President Jimmy Carter’s body lies in repose from 7:00pm on 4 January to 6:00am on 7 January.
Mamoudzou (AFP) – Nurses and psychologists continue to treat ill children in the informal settlement of Cavani Sud in eastern Mayotte after the devastation of Cyclone Chido. Emergency shelters have been closing to allow for the return to school, which Mamoudzou’s mayor wants to happen as normal on 20 January.
West Burton (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Heavy overnight snow turns the Yorkshire Dales village of West Burton and it’s waterfalls into a winter wonderland. An amber weather warning — the second most serious — for snow and freezing rain is in place for much of Wales, central England and parts of northwestern England.
Galeras (Colombia) (AFP) – The Colombian tradition of ‘living pictures’, in which the participants recreate motionless artistic scenes for hours as though frozen in time, returns to the streets of Galeras as is tradition every January. ‘Living pictures’ was declared intangible culture heritage by UNESCO in December.
Maghazi refugee camp (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) – Palestinians inspect the damage at the site of an Israeli strike on the Al-Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza. “This is an act of revenge against civilians, as you can see, children, elderly and women,” says Mohammed Abu Labda, whose brother was killed in the strike. Hamas’s 2023 attack on Israel resulted in the deaths of 1,208 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on Israeli official figures. Israel’s retaliatory military campaign has killed at least 45,658 people in Gaza, the majority of them civilians, according to figures from the Hamas-run territory’s health ministry which the United Nations considers reliable.
Kedonganan (Indonesia) (AFP) – Hundreds of volunteers take part in a cleanup operation on Kedonganan beach in Bali, Indonesia, as monsoon rains brought what the founder of the environmental organisation Sungai Watch, Gary Bencheghib, describes as “the worst” waves of plastic waste to hit its tourist hotspot beaches.
Dover (United Kingdom) (AFP) – A patrol vessel carrying migrants picked up at sea by Border Force after attempting to cross the Channel from France, arrives in Dover. Migrants are then seen disembarking the vessel after it arrives at the Marina in Dover.
Viña del Mar (Chile) (AFP) – After a wildfire devastated Chile’s largest botanical garden, the century-old park rebuilds with trees it hopes are less likely to go up in flames. The wildfire of February 2024, considered the deadliest in Chile’s recent history, killed 136 people and destroyed 90 percent of the 990-acre garden in the coastal city of Vina del Mar. [+ ARCHIVES IMAGES 04:13:12-05:10:18]
Damascus (AFP) – German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock warns Syria’s new leaders that Europe “will not fund new Islamist structures” after the overthrow of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad last month. Syrians who came to Europe will only go back to rebuild the country if they are certain “the lives of their children and daughters are safe and free”, Baerbock tells reporters on a visit to Damascus.
Seoul (AFP) – Supporters of South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol rally near the Gwanghwamun Gate in Seoul one day after investigators abandoned the attempt to arrest Yoon, citing safety concerns after a standoff with his security team. IMAGES
Muan (South Korea) (AFP) – South Korean investigators lifting wreckage from the tail section of Jeju Air flight 2216, which crashed on landing at Muan Airport killing 179 people on board. South Korean air safety officials are heading the investigation, assisted by the US Federal Aviation Administration which frequently aids with probes into global plane crashes.
Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says that US President-elect Donald Trump’s “unpredictability” could be decisive in the war with Russia. “He can help us stop Putin,” Zelensky says. Trump has previously said he will end the nearly three-year conflict “in 24 hours”, a claim that has drawn scepticism from Kyiv which fears it will be forced to give up land for peace.
