Zurich (AFP) – Museum curators and dinosaur experts put finishing touches on a 67-million-year-old T-Rex dubbed Trinity. This reassembled giant skeleton will go on a rare auction in Switzerland next month.
Nashville (AFP) – About 50 people gather outside the Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville to protest against gun violence, a day after a heavily armed 28-year-old shot three children and three adults to death at a school.
Ciudad Juárez (Mexico) (AFP) – People gather outside a detention facility in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, for a vigil dedicated to the dozens of migrants who died there in a fire. The migrants were believed to have lit the fire as a demonstration because they feared they would be deported, according to President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. IMAGES
Ciudad Juárez (Mexico) (AFP) – A fire started by migrants protesting against their expected deportation killed at least 39 people at the National Migration Institute (INM) facility in Ciudad Juarez, prompting the mobilization of firefighters and dozens of ambulances.
Nairobi (AFP) – Raila Odinga, who ran against president William Ruto in the Kenyan elections, says that he and his supporters “never envisaged” that the state would respond to protests with a “reign (of) terror on peaceful and innocent Kenyans”. This comes after anti-government protests called by Odinga turned violent, with police firing tear gas and looters going on a rampage. Odinga has called for regular protests every Monday and Thursday, accusing President Ruto of stealing last year’s election and of failing to control the surging cost of living.
London (AFP) – In south London’s Crystal Palace Park, a collection of dinosaur sculptures which date back to 1854 will be among the heritage sites to benefit from new funding announced by the UK’s National Lottery Heritage Fund. The total funding, worth over £24 million, will go towards projects in locations ranging from northern Scotland’s John O’Groats to southwest England’s Penzance.
Sunda Straits (Indonesia) (AFP) – Images captured by a CCTV camera show Indonesia’s Mount Anak Krakatoa erupting and spewing hot ash clouds. Mount Anak Krakatoa, which means Child of Krakatoa, erupted four times, officials said, with the biggest followed by another that sent a column of smoke and ash 1,500 metres above its crater.
Alausí (Ecuador) (AFP) – Rescue workers save a dog that was trapped underneath rubble after a landslide occurred that buried dozens of homes and killed at least seven people in Alausi, Ecuador.
Nashville (AFP) – People lay flowers and pray at a makeshift memorial outside a private elementary school in Nashville, Tennessee, where a heavily armed former student killed three young children and three staff. “I don’t think it should be as easy to buy flowers as it is a gun,” says a Nashville resident.
Alausí (Ecuador) (AFP) – Rescuers searched Monday for nearly 50 people reported missing after a landslide triggered by months of heavy rain in southern Ecuador.
Rotterdam (Netherlands) (AFP) – Germany has delivered promised Leopard battle tanks to Ukraine, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said, providing Kyiv with much-needed heavy weaponry against Russia.
Unknown (AFP) – Thomas Dambo is best-known for his towering wooden “troll” sculptures. Now, he invites the public on a complex quest to find his recently-completed hundredth troll, named “Moon Mother”.
