Kabul province (Afghanistan) (AFP) – ‘Nafeesa’ goes to a secret school in Afghanistan. And to add risk to an already tough situation, her brother is with the Taliban. “I use madrasa as an excuse to come here. My brother doesn’t know that I come to school – only my mother supports me” says Nafeesa, one of hundreds of thousands of girls and young women deprived of the chance of education with the Taliban in power.
Baikonur (Kazakhstan) (AFP) – A live feed from Russian space agency Roscosmos shows an Iranian satellite launched by Russia blasting off from Kazakhstan amid controversy that Moscow might use it to improve its surveillance of military targets in Ukraine. The Russian mission control confirmed its subsequent entry into orbit. IMAGES
West Palm Beach (United States) (AFP) – Dozens of supporters of Donald Trump gather in West Palm Beach outside his Mar-A-Lago home. The former US President said that the Florida residence was being “raided” by FBI agents in what he called an act of “prosecutorial misconduct.” IMAGES
Nairobi (AFP) – Kenyans line up to vote in a high-stakes election, with the East African powerhouse on edge as two political heavyweights battle it out in a fiercely contested race for the presidency. IMAGES
Sugoi (Kenya) (AFP) – Kenya’s William Ruto, the sharply-dressed deputy president now running for the top office, casts his ballot as the East African powerhouse heads to the polls in a high-stakes election. IMAGES
Palm Beach (United States) (AFP) – Dozens of supporters of former US president Donald Trump gather outside his Mar-A-Lago home in Florida after he said Monday the residence was being “raided” by FBI agents. IMAGES
Seoul (AFP) – Images of damaged cars and traffic jam in Gangnam district of downtown Seoul after record-breaking rains caused severe flooding in the South Korean capital, with at least seven people dead and seven more missing. IMAGES
Pingtung (Taiwan) (AFP) – Taiwan’s military begins a live-fire artillery drill simulating a defence of the island against an attack after days of massive Chinese military exercises. IMAGES
Kisumu (Kenya) (AFP) – Yegon Kibos explains the electoral processes he is presiding over in the constituency of Kisumu Central, the day before Kenyans head to the polls. ‘So far so good, the technology is simple and is going to function,’ he says in the town in western Kenya, the stronghold of presidential candidate Raila Odinga and a hotbed of electoral violence in the past.
Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – American actor Jessica Chastain meets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv.
London (AFP) – The success of England’s Lionesses at the Euro 2022, with matches played at sold-out stadiums and broadcast live into millions of homes, is inspiring young girl footballers at a club near London which also says it is seeing more interest in signing up from new recruits.
Moscow (AFP) – In March 2022, Russian journalist Marina Ovsyannikova publicly denounced the Russian military intervention in Ukraine on state-owned Channel One Russia. She now faces the constant threat of being arrested, but is still continuing to criticise President Putin.
