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Dubai (AFP) – Elation and disappointment outside the Dubai International Cricket Stadium after India secure a thrilling five-wicket win over Pakistan in the Asia Cup Twenty20 tournament.

Cocoa Beach (United States) (AFP) – As NASA prepares to launch its Artemis 1 rocket to the Moon on Monday, residents of Cocoa Beach, Florida — near Kennedy Space Center — show their support for the mission with signs and banners placed around the city. The launch is “something we’ve been waiting on for a long time,” says Cocoa Beach resident Jeremy Edgar.

Bogota (AFP) – Thousands of musicians from different orchestras, philharmonics and schools in Bogota gather at Simon Bolivar Park to perform the world’s largest concert. The event, which involved some 16,000 people playing six works simultaneously, celebrates the final report of the Truth Commission on the Colombian conflict.

Charbagh (Pakistan) (AFP) – In Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, the Swat River has become a raging torrent, washing away buildings and bridges and damaging roads, as the death toll from this year’s monsoon has topped 1,000.

Oscar beats the summer heat of the United Arab Emirates by working out in a gym, hitting the treadmill twice or three times a week. Nothing unusual in that — except that Oscar is a dog. As the Gulf’s increasingly fierce temperatures becomes dangerous to health amid fears over the pace of climate change, those who can afford not to work outside in the blazing sun stay inside in air-conditioning. And for owners of pampered pets able to splash the cash, an air-conditioned gym for dogs has become an attractive option.

Noida (India) (AFP) – India demolishes two illegally built residential high-rise buildings just outside New Delhi on Sunday, in a dramatic spectacle shown live on television. This follows days of excited media build-up to what constitutes a rare move by Indian authorities to toughen its stance on corrupt construction practices. IMAGES

Buenos Aires (AFP) – Protesters clash with police outside the home of Argentine Vice President Cristina Kirchner, who is currently on trial for alleged corruption and could face 12 years in prison if convicted.

L’Aquila (Italy) (AFP) – Pope Francis calls on the international community to help Pakistan, where deadly floods have killed more than 1,000 people. The Argentine pontiff appeals for “generous international solidarity”, and says he was praying for the victims. His comments come as he visited the city of L’Aquila in central Italy, which was hit by an earthquake that killed more than 300 people in 2009.

Rumangabo (DR Congo) (AFP) – Some 50 young people aged between 10 and 16 from the surrounding villages have been selected to train at a brand new football academy set up by Virunga National Park, a natural gem famous for its mountain gorillas and volcanoes, but also infested with armed groups.

Edinburgh (AFP) – A hairdresser who fled the war in Ukraine has been shortlisted for one of the United Kingdom’s top hairdressing awards. Viktoriia Vradii, 37, arrived in Edinburgh in May after leaving behind her salon business in the Black Sea port of Odessa, which has been under attack from Russian forces since the beginning of the war. She was named as a finalist in the international stylist category of British Hairdressing Awards. Stylist Simon Hill, who gave her employment at his salon in the Edinburgh suburb of Leith, has also been shortlisted for an award as the Scottish hairdresser of the year. “This is our equivalent of the Oscars,” says Hill, “this is biggest awards that we can enter”.

Moscow (AFP) – The opening ceremony of the annual Spasskaya Tower International Military Music Festival takes place on Moscow’s Red Square, with soldiers and traditional dancers participating in the event.

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – In his nightly address, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says that the situation “remains very risky and dangerous” around the Zhaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.