Lisbon (AFP) – Climate activist Andreas Noe gathered 650,000 cigarette butts and piled them up in the heart of Portugal’s capital Lisbon to raise awareness about the often-overlooked form of pollution.
Lisbon (AFP) – Climate activist Andreas Noe gathered 650,000 cigarette butts and piled them up in the heart of Portugal’s capital Lisbon to raise awareness about the often-overlooked form of pollution.
Idlib (Syria) (AFP) – Hundreds of Syrians protest in the rebel northwestern city of Idlib against a thawing of ties between several Arab countries and Syria’s president Bashar al-Assad’s regime.
Tapachula (Mexico) (AFP) – A caravan of some 2,000 migrants of different nationalities march from Chiapas in southern Mexico for Mexico City, demanding the end of detention centers. Last month, 40 people were killed in a fire that broke out in a cell in Ciudad Juarez, a city near the US border.
Paris (AFP) – Hundreds of Tibetans gather in Paris in support of the Dalai Lama, after a video of him asking a young boy to suck his tongue triggered a massive backlash. “We know that behind all this, it is really Chinese propaganda,” denounces Yangkey Muccini, one of the organisers of the demonstration. The Dalai Lama is the face of the Tibetan autonomy mouvement, mostly governed by China.
Sevare (Mali) (AFP) – Ten civilians and three soldiers were killed and 88 jihadists “neutralised” in multiple incidents across Mali on Saturday, according to the government, in a wave of bloodshed it describes as a resurgence of “terrorist incidents”.
Jindayris (Syria) (AFP) – Among the earthquake rubble, Syrian children celebrate Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at a makeshift amusement park in the rebel-held town of Jindayris.
Tokyo (AFP) – Dozens of bawling Japanese babies face off in a traditional “crying sumo” ritual believed to bring the infants good health, which returned for the first time in four years after the pandemic.
Dakar (AFP) – Muslim worshippers pray at the Massalikoul Djinane mosque, the largest in Dakar, on the day of Eid al-Fitr — which marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. IMAGES
Lima (AFP) – Peruvian shamans offer tributes and invoke nature’s elements on Earth Day to “calm” the planet, angered by man-made environmental pollution. “We are doing this ritual to strengthen the world, so that there will be no more pollution,” says Cleofe Sedano, Amazonian shaman.
Washington (AFP) – Images of people outside the US Supreme Court building as the nation’s highest court is poised to wade into the legal battle over the abortion drug mifepristone with a ruling Friday on lower court-ordered restrictions on the widely used pill.
Siversk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Alla Trubacheva has lived in east Ukraine since she trained as a doctor more than four decades ago. Even though her resolve to stay in the battle-scarred town of Siversk has been sorely tested by Russia’s army, which killed her colleague and shelled her hospital to ruin, one thing keeps her from finally calling it quits and leaving for somewhere safer: her patients.
