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Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – A garage in Kyiv is giving battered cars a second lease on life as vehicles for the Ukrainian military, plugging a hole in supplies as the war against Russia grinds on.

Cape Town (AFP) – 20,000 performers divided into troupes march through Cape Town while playing music and dancing for the annual carnival. The Kaapse Klopse carnival has returned to the city after a two-year pause due to the pandemic.

Riyadh (AFP) – Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo received a thunderous welcome at the Mrsool Park stadium in Riyadh, after his move to the Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr makes him the biggest recruit in the club’s history.

Rome (AFP) – Mourners react to seeing the body of former pope Benedict XVI, on public display for three days at St Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City, as they come to pay tribute to “a good pope” who “sacrificed so much for the Church”.

Santos (Brazil) (AFP) – – This video contains images of footballer Pele’s body, which some viewers may find disturbing – International football legend Pele’s son, Edson Cholbi do Nascimento or ‘Edinho’, greets members of the public and pays tribute to his late father lying in state at the stadium in Santos, ahead of the funeral.

Beijing (AFP) – China condemns fresh Covid test requirements for travellers coming from its territory, as close to a dozen countries put the regulation in place. “Some countries have taken entry restrictions targeting only China. This lacks scientific basis and some practices are unacceptable,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning tells a regular briefing, warning China could “take countermeasures based on the principle of reciprocity”.

Riyadh (AFP) – Billboards in the Saudi Arabia capital of Riyadh show photos of Cristiano Ronaldo ahead of the Portuguese superstar’s presentation by his new club Al-Nassr. The 37-year-old football player left Manchester United after he conducted an explosive interview in which he criticized manager Erik ten Hag and the club’s owners.

Santos (Brazil) (AFP) – Thousands of Brazilians gather at the Vila Belmiro Stadium in Santos to pay their last respects to “King” Pele, who died at the age of 82, after a fight with cancer. IMAGES

Rome (AFP) – “Now I can go home peacefully,” says a mourner after seeing the body of Benedict XVI at the Vatican. Thousands of people have been queuing since dawn to pay their respects to the former pope, at the start of three days of lying-in-state at St Peter’s Basilica ahead of his funeral.

Santos (Brazil) (AFP) – People form a line stretching two kilometres outside the Vila Belmiro stadium, home to Santos FC, the club where Pele played most of his storied career — and which is holding a 24-hour wake for him after his death at age 82. “People don’t mind waiting here in the sun, in this very long queue, to pay tribute to him,” says one Brazilian.

Izyum (Ukraine) (AFP) – During the long months of Russian occupation in Izyum, up to sixty people lived in Andriy Pleshan’s cellar. Izyum, a town in eastern Ukraine, and home to 45,000 inhabitants before the war, was retaken by Ukrainian forces in mid-September, and has lived in relative peace since, unlike other liberated towns closer to the front line.

Brasília (AFP) – Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva holds a bilateral meeting with King Felipe VI of Spain, a day after the veteran leftist took office for a third term.