Lagos (AFP) – Hundreds of pop culture, manga, video game and superhero fans flock to Lagos for the 13th Comic Convention. Some Cosplay contestants spent weeks, or even months, crafting costumes to bring their favourite characters vividly to life.
Kathmandu (AFP) – Grieving families bid farewell to their loved ones as five people killed in Nepal’s recent protests, including a police officer, are cremated at Pashupatinath temple in the capital Kathmandu.
Kathmandu (AFP) – Nepal’s new leader, Sushila Karki, arrives at the prime minister’s office to chair her first meeting with government officials since becoming interim leader. The former chief justice was appointed on Friday following deadly anti-corruption protests that toppled her predecessor. The 73-year-old was greeted outside by supporters who gave her a bouquet of flowers. IMAGES
London (AFP) – More than 100,000 people mass in central London for a march and rally organised by far-right activist Tommy Robinson, as anti-racism campaigners hold a smaller counter-protest. Huge crowds, many draped in English and British flags, gathered through the morning just south of Westminster for what Robinson, a veteran of UK far-right organising, has branded the country’s “biggest free speech festival”.
Nuseirat (AFP) – Palestinians on trucks and donkey-pulled carts are seen on the Al-Rasheed coastal road in the central Gaza Strip as they head southwards after leaving Gaza City and the northern areas of the Strip to flee Israeli army strikes. Israel has said it intends to capture the territory’s largest urban centre, which it describes as one of the last strongholds of the Palestinian militant group Hamas, whose October 2023 attack sparked the Gaza war.
Sipoo (AFP) – In this Finnish school, mobile phones are now banned. At Kungsvagens Skola, northeast of Helsinki, teachers collect students’ phones in the morning and lock them in a storage room until the end of the school day. “The biggest change is that they talk to each other more. You can see that they have become more sociable,” says headteacher Maria Tallberg.
Washington (AFP) – Jaida Funk, who attended school with the man suspected of killing US conservative influencer Charlie Kirk, reacts to the arrest of her former schoolmate Tyler Robinson. “Tyler was always kind of quieter since we were little, but not like quiet weird,” she says, standing outside the house where Robinson’s parents live in the city of Washington, Utah.
São Paulo (AFP) – Crowds pour into the streets of Sao Paulo for a second night to celebrate former president Jair Bolsonaro’s conviction for plotting a coup after his defeat in the 2022 elections. The far-right leader has been sentenced to 27 years in prison in a landmark trial that divided the nation.
Phoenix (AFP) – Charlie Kirk’s widow makes her first public statement following the arrest of the suspected gunman in her husband’s killing. Speaking through tears, Erika Kirk thanks US President Donald Trump and his family for their support, saying her husband “loved” Trump. She also praises Vice President JD Vance and his wife, Usha, for “honoring” Kirk and helping to “bring him home.”
Kathmandu (AFP) – Worshippers leave offerings and pray at the Boudhanath Stupa in Kathmandu as Nepal adjusts to the appointment of a new prime minister, just days after anti-corruption protests left at least 51 people dead. Former chief justice Sushila Karki has been sworn in the previous day to oversee a six-month transition to elections.
Bulacan (AFP) – On the Philippine island of Pugad, street food vendor Maria Tamayo uses a plastic dustpan to bail seawater out the door only to find the floor swamped again the next day. The routine has been the same ever since the rising tides of Manila Bay began swallowing the island, which is in danger of sinking completely underwater. With high tides flooding the streets at least three times a week, the sea already dictates the rhythm of daily life on Pugad.
Gaza (AFP) – In war-ravaged Gaza, displaced children and youth turn to learning music and singing inside a small tent, seeking relief and an escape from the atmosphere of war and destruction, despite a shortage of instruments and the harsh conditions of displacement. Since this video was filmed, Israel has stepped up its deadly assault on the Palestinian territory’s largest urban centre.
