Kathmandu (Nepal) (AFP) – Nepali guides are considered the backbone of the climbing industry in the Himalayas. They carry the majority of equipment and food, fix ropes and repair ladders. It can be a perilous occupation and the mountaineers are slowly being recognised in their own right. Sanu Sherpa is one of them – he is the first to summit the world’s fourteen 8,000-metre mountains – twice.
Caracas (AFP) – Residents from neighbourhoods tackling high crime rates are being trained as basketball referees in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas, thanks to the initiative of NGO ‘Caracas Mi Convive’ that seeks to steer them away from violence in their communities.
Berlin (AFP) – Vladimir Putin still believes he was right to launch an invasion of Ukraine, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says after a 90-minute-long telephone call with the Russian president.
London (AFP) – Queen Elizabeth II leaves Buckingham Palace for the final time as her coffin begins its journey to Westminster Hall, where the late monarch will lie in state. IMAGES
London (AFP) – Queen Elizabeth II leaves Buckingham Palace for the final as her coffin begins its journey to Westminster Hall, where the late monarch will lie in state. King Charles III leads the procession of the coffin of his mother down The Mall before hundreds of thousands of people pay their final respects at Westminster Hall. IMAGES
London (AFP) – Queen Elizabeth II leaves Buckingham Palace for the final time as her coffin begins its journey to Westminster Hall, where the late monarch will lie in state. IMAGES
London (AFP) – At a screening site in Hyde Park, crowds watch Queen Elizabeth II leave Buckingham Palace for the final time as her coffin begins its journey to Westminster Hall, where the late monarch will lie in state. IMAGES
London (AFP) – A gun salute in Hyde Park fires shots at one-minute intervals as the king leads the procession behind a horse-drawn gun carriage carrying the queen’s coffin from Buckingham Palace to parliament’s Westminster Hall, joined by senior members of the royal family. IMAGES
London (AFP) – The procession of the Queen’s coffin makes its way from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall. King Charles and other members of the royal family follow the coffin, which can be seen reaching its destination where it will remain until Queen Elizabeth’s funeral on Monday 19.
London (AFP) – At a screening site in Hyde Park, crowds watch Queen Elizabeth II leave Buckingham Palace for the final time as her coffin begins its journey to Westminster Hall, where the late monarch will lie in state. IMAGES
London (AFP) – A gun salute in Hyde Park fires shots at one-minute intervals as the king leads the procession behind a horse-drawn gun carriage carrying the queen’s coffin from Buckingham Palace to parliament’s Westminster Hall, joined by senior members of the royal family.
London (AFP) – The coffin of Queen Elizabeth II leaves Buckingham Palace en route to Westminster Hall, where she will lie in state until her funeral. King Charles III, the queen’s grandsons William and Harry, and other members of the royal family including Princess Anne and Prince Andrew follow the coffin as part of the procession.
