Bogotá (AFP) – Polo and Rafa, two black-coated labradors, are therapists at a military hospital in the Colombian capital of Bogota. The dogs play a key role in the recovery of soldiers wounded in combat, amid an escalation of armed conflict in the country.
Ramallah (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) – Palestinians and Israelis react to French President Macron’s decision to recognise a State of Palestine. In Ramallah, people call for other countries to follow suit, while some in Israel urge caution.
Bulacan (Philippines) (AFP) – Hours after Typhoon Co-May made landfall, residents of Bulacan in the Philippines wade through knee-high floodwaters and ride through the streets on boats. Co-May, which has been downgraded to a tropical storm, caused flooding in towns and villages north of Manila before heading to the west coast province of La Union.
(AFP) – Divers clutch wooden spears as they hunt hordes of hungry starfish destroying the coral reefs around the Cook Islands already weakened by climate change.
(AFP) – Divers clutch wooden spears as they hunt hordes of hungry starfish destroying the coral reefs around the Cook Islands already weakened by climate change.
Bulacan (Philippines) (AFP) – Hours after Typhoon Co-May made landfall, residents of Bulacan in the Philippines wade through knee-high floodwaters and ride through the streets on boats. Co-May, which has been downgraded to a tropical storm, caused flooding in towns and villages north of Manila before heading to the west coast province of La Union.
Batken (Kyrgyzstan) (AFP) – Residents of the Kyrgyz region of Batken discover the benefits of rice for home building. “Over the past five years, we have sold materials for the construction of 300 houses”, says Nursultan Taabaldyev, owner of a rice blocks production shop.
Paris (AFP) – Montmartre is getting ready for a historic moment: the Tour de France will pass through the hilltop Paris district for the first time, making three circuits of the steep 1.1 km slope during Sunday’s final stage. “We’re obviously expecting a massive crowd,” says waiter Maxim Robillot. “It’ll be a great experience for Montmartre.”
Taguatinga (Brazil) (AFP) – Brazil’s ex-president Jair Bolsonaro, wearing an electronic monitoring device, attends an evangelical mass after a Supreme Court judge rules out imposing preventive detention for the alleged coup attempt. The judge warned that he will apply it “immediately” if judicial orders are violated. Bolsonaro is subject to precautionary measures since July 18 for alleged obstruction of the process. Among other restrictions, he is ordered to wear an electronic ankle bracelet. IMAGES
East Molesey (AFP) – The London Vegetable Orchestra performs at the RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, surprising bystanders with instruments carved from vegetables and fruit. Their success follows a jam session with King Charles III in Buckingham Palace in April, a video of which went viral online, where the King participated with a carrot recorder.
Bangkok (AFP) – Thailand’s acting Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai condemns Cambodia’s use of heavy weaponry and defends the Thai air strikes launched on Cambodian military positions, describing the escalation as “just a conflict”, rather than a war. He adds that he hopes to open a dialogue with Cambodia to “solve the problem”.
Unknown (AFP) – Waxworks museum chain Madame Tussauds is to display 13 new figures of US pop megastar Taylor Swift at venues around the world. In honour of Swift’s lucky number, 13 of the museum’s 22 branches will each receive a statue of the “Love Story” and “Blank Space” singer, in what it calls the “most ambitious project” of its 250-year history.
