Lima (AFP) – Peru’s leftist president Pedro Castillo was ousted by lawmakers and arrested Wednesday in a dizzying series of events in a country long prone to political upheaval. Dina Boluarte, a 60-year-old lawyer who had been vice president, was sworn in as Peru’s first female president just hours after Castillo tried to dissolve Congress in a move criticised as an attempted coup.
jarandilla de la Vera (Spain) (AFP) – Spaniards pour onto the street to celebrate the “Los Escobazos”, a festival where people set huge brooms on fire and playfully hit each other.
Montreal (AFP) – As part of a unique pilot project in Canada, the canteen at Polytechnique Montreal now indicates the carbon footprint of some of its dishes in order to inform and raise awareness among its students.
Munich (Germany) (AFP) – Images of the opening of the hearing as Ex-Wirecard CEO Markus Braun and two former managers go on trial in Munich over a spectacular accounting fraud scandal that brought down the once celebrated payments company two and a half years ago. IMAGES
Ulaanbaatar (AFP) – Protesters take to the streets of Mongolia’s capital Ulaanbaatar for a fifth day after the arrests of officials allegedly tied to a coal industry embezzlement scandal that has sparked public outrage. IMAGES
Lima (AFP) – Pedro Castillo is transferred from the Police Headquarters to a police facility in east Lima. Castillo was ousted by lawmakers and arrested after trying to dissolve the South American country’s Congress in a move widely condemned as an attempted coup. The dizzying series of events in a country long prone to political upheaval resulted in even more history, with Vice President Dina Boluarte later becoming Peru’s first woman president. IMAGES
Nashik (India) (AFP) – India’s largest winemaker Sula Vineyards is heading to the stock market, betting on the diversifying tastebuds of a booming urban middle class in a country that has long favoured heavy liquors.
Doha (AFP) – Iranian artist Emad Salehi sets a new Guinness World Record with his artwork “Ball Story”, covering 9,652 square metres to become the world’s largest canvas painting. The piece tells the story of the World Cup from its inception to Qatar 2022.
Kanyaruchinya (DR Congo) (AFP) – Thousands of people displaced by clashes between the Congolese army and M23 rebels are struggling to survive in Kanyaruchinya camp, eight kilometres north of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Despite aid efforts, all the displaced people interviewed by AFP complained of hunger, and several described having to fight for food. Cholera, a consequence of poor hygiene, has also broken out.
Amboseli (Kenya) (AFP) – In national parks across Kenya, the signs of drought are everywhere. Dry and cracked soil, animal carcasses lying along the trails and emaciated trees with yellowing leaves have become common sights.
Narita (Japan) (AFP) – Hundreds of Japanese football fans flock to Tokyo’s Narita International Airport to greet coach Hajime Moriyasu and members of the Blue Samurai as they return from the World Cup in Qatar. Japan were eliminated by Croatia on penalties in the Round of 16, denying them a first ever appearance in the quarter-finals.
Beijing (AFP) – China has announced a nationwide loosening of its hardline Covid restrictions, which had hammered the world’s second biggest economy and ignited rare protests against the ruling Communist Party.
