Cappelle-la-Grande (France) (AFP) – The Dunkirk Carnival in northern France returns after three years of Covid-related cancellations. Over a thousand people gathered in the streets of Capelle-la-Grande to hear the first band of the carnival season, which will run until mid-April.
Brasília (AFP) – Brazilian Military Police agents lock down the area around Congress, the presidential palace and the Supreme Court in the capital Brasilia, after supporters of ex-president Jair Bolsonaro stormed the seat of power in riots that triggered an international outcry.
Araraquara (Brazil) (AFP) – President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva condemns the invasion of Brazil’s Congress, Supreme Court and presidential palace by “real vandals,” after supporters of far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro unleashed scenes of chaos in the capital.
New Delhi (AFP) – Hundreds of people take part in the first Delhi Queer Pride march in three years, demanding equal rights, as pressure grows for legal recognition of same-sex marriage in India.
Bogor (Indonesia) (AFP) – Malaysia’s new Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim meets with Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo on his first foreign trip since winning a confidence vote and cementing his mandate last month.
Mexico City (AFP) – US President Joe Biden lands in Mexico City and receives a red-carpet welcome from his Mexican counterpart Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. Biden arrives in Mexico for talks on migration and drug smuggling, as well as a North American leaders’ summit, after a politically charged stop at the border.
Banda Aceh (Indonesia) (AFP) – A wooden boat carrying nearly 200 Rohingya refugees, a majority of them women and children, has landed on Indonesia’s western coast, police say.
Tel Aviv (AFP) – Thousands of Israelis protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new government, brandishing signs with slogans including “Democracy in danger” and “Together against fascism and apartheid” in the coastal city of Tel Aviv.
Beijing (AFP) – Friends and family embrace one another at Beijing airport’s international arrival hall, as China lifts quarantine requirements for inbound travellers, ending almost three years of self-imposed isolation even as the country battles a surge in Covid cases.
Riyadh (AFP) – Portuguese football star Cristiano Ronaldo says it is ‘amazing’ to be at new club Al Nassr and describes the Saudi league as having ‘huge potential’ during a recent interview with the club. The forward could make his Saudi Arabian debut on January 22 after he was successfully registered by Al Nassr, a club source told AFP.
Chasiv Yar (Ukraine) (AFP) – Orthodox Christians in a battered eastern Ukrainian town hold a Christmas service in a basement shelter, vowing not to let war ruin the holiday.
Shanghai (AFP) – First passengers arrive in Shanghai as China lifts quarantine requirements for inbound travellers, ending almost three years of self-imposed isolation even as the country battles a surge in Covid cases. IMAGES
