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New York (AFP) – Smoke from the Canadian wildfires blankets New York City, with the One World Trade Center partially obscured by the smog.

Buenos Aires (AFP) – “I would have liked him to go to Barcelona,” says Matias Carrizo, a street vendor in Buenos Aires, after hearing the news that football superstar Lionel Messi will join Inter Miami, opting for the United States over Europe or Saudi Arabia. Others are happy with his choice, like Sandra Oldani, who says “Messi can choose the destination that he wants. We give him to the world.”

Port Moresby (AFP) – Women in the country specialise in intricately lacing plant fibres together to make the roomy pouches known as bilums, a symbol of Indigenous pride. Weavers each craft up to five bilums a month, attracting customers as far away as Iceland. The boutique workshop in Port Moresby hosts a group of women who specialise in intricately lacing plant fibres together to make the roomy pouches known as bilums, a symbol of Indigenous pride.

Kherson Oblast (Ukraine) (AFP) – Images distributed by the Ukrainian Army on June 7, 2023, show flooding in what they say is the Russian-controlled area of Ukraine’s Kherson region, following the collapse of the Kakhovka dam. Ukraine and Russia have traded blame for the dam’s destruction, prompting Turkey’s president to propose to both nations’ leaders an international probe of the breach.

Kherson (Ukraine) (AFP) – Downstream from the breached Kakhovka dam, Ukrainian police and troops in Kherson city are evacuating people from inundated areas in inflatable boats. Russia and Ukraine have traded blame for the strategically important dam, taken by Moscow in the early hours of the war, being ripped open early Tuesday, which unleashed a gush of water on the Dnipro River and is forcing thousands to flee.

London (AFP) – Prince Harry arrives at court in London to give evidence in his case against a British tabloid publisher for illegal information gathering. The 38-year-old Duke of Sussex is the first royal since 1890 to take the stand in a court case, testifying against Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN) Ltd. In his latest legal battle with the press, King Charles III’s younger son and various other high-profile claimants accuse MGN of unlawful activities, including phone hacking. including three angles of Prince Harry’s arrival and cutaways of waiting media outside court

Beijing (AFP) – Millions of Chinese students sit for notoriously tough college entrance exams, the first since China lifted zero-Covid rules that forced classes online for months on end. Anxious parents gather around exam halls as their children knuckle down, many wearing red for good luck.

Beijing (AFP) – Beijing says that China and the European Union are “victims of economic coercion by the United States” in response to an agreement by the EU to create a trade tool aimed at punishing countries that seek to put pressure on one of its member countries, after China targeted Lithuania for strengthening ties with Taiwan. It also denies the existence of “secret police stations” after the UK government ordered China to shut unofficial police stations operating on British soil.

In the air (AFP) – F15 fighter jets participate in the Arctic Challenge 2023 in the Nordic region which involves 13 nations, NATO and around 150 coalition aircraft.

Brasília (AFP) – Thousands of indigenous people protest against a proposal that could jeopardise the protection of ancestral lands, a day before the country’s highest court is due to resume hearing the case.

Kherson (Ukraine) (AFP) – Volunteers race to save animals from flooded streets as residents flee from the Kherson region, after an attack on a major Russian-held dam that unleashed a torrent of water, flooding a small city and two dozen villages.

Leadville (United States) (AFP) – Courtney Dauwalter is an ultramarathoner, meaning her runs go on for far longer than the typical 26 miles most runners face in a marathon. Dauwalter, 38, has won iconic long distance races such as “Hardrock 100” and “Ultra-trail du Mont-Blanc.” She describes the ultramarathoning experience as “buckling yourself into a roller coaster ride and taking it as it comes.”