Hollywood (United States) (AFP) – Kobe Bryant’s widow and daughters unveil late basketball star’s handprints and footprints that will now be on permanent display outside the TCL Chinese Theatre on Hollywood Walk of Fame. The five-time NBA champion became the first athlete to have them imprinted on cement in 2011.
Corrientes Province (Argentina) (AFP) – Firefighters battle a large fire in Argentina’s nothern Corrientes province where blazes have devoured some 6,000 hectares (14,800 acres) of forests in just days. Since the start of the year, with the South American country facing heat wave after heat wave, fires have destroyed more than 100,000 hectares in Corrientes, according to the INTA agricultural technology institute.
Vatican City (AFP) – At his weekly audience Pope Francis offers a prayer for the people of Malawi after Cyclone Freddy struck southern Africa for a second time, triggering floods and landslides that have killed more than 200 people.
Lahore (Pakistan) (AFP) – Imran Khan accuses the police of attempting to kill him as clashes broke out outside the former Pakistani Prime Minister’s Lahore residence. Police and paramilitary rangers attempting to arrest the country’s onetime cricket captain fought pitched battles with supporters of Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party throughout the night.
Lahore (Pakistan) (AFP) – Pakistan’s ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan tells AFP the government wants him behind bars in order to stop him taking part in elections due later this year. Riot police halted an attempt to arrest the 70-year-old former leader and onetime star cricketer, ending a siege of his residence after violent clashes with hundreds of his supporters.
Amarillo (Etats-Unis) (AFP) – People gather outside the J. Marvin Jones Federal Building and Mary Lou Robinson U.S. Courthouse in Amarillo, Texas where a federal judge will hear arguments in a court case that could undo the approval of the prescription drug mifepristone, a widely used abortion pill. IMAGES
Kupang (Indonesia) (AFP) – The local government of an Indonesian province has come under fire in some quarters for introducing a new experiment requiring students to start classes at the crack of dawn. The pilot project is taking place at 10 high schools in Kupang, the capital of East Nusa Tenggara province.
Shanghai (AFP) – Images from an arrival hall at an international airport in Shanghai as China starts issuing a range of visas to foreigners again. The move marks the latest step towards reopening China to the outside world, as Beijing breaks with the strict zero-Covid strategy that defined its pandemic response until a few months ago. IMAGES
Canelón Grande (Uruguay) (AFP) – The Canelon Grande reservoir in southern Uruguay is drying up as the country goes through a severe drought. The reservoir’s main purpose is to supply drinking water to the Metropolitan area of Montevideo, while it is also used in irrigation systems in the area.
Blantyre (Malawi) (AFP) – Thousands of Malawians gather in crisis centres after losing their homes to flash floods and landslides triggered by Cyclone Freddy. Nearly 200 people have died in Malawi since the storm pummelled through southern Africa at the weekend for the second time within a few weeks. Relief workers expect the tally to rise.
Tripoli (AFP) – Libyan girls and young men, dressed in their country’s traditional clothing, attend celebrations of the national day of the Libyan costume in the capital city of Tripoli. Libya has seen more than a decade of stop-start conflict since the 2011 revolt that toppled strongman Moamer Kadhafi, with a myriad of militias forming opposing alliances backed by foreign powers. It was the first time the national day of the Libyan costume has been celebrated officially since the ceasefire of summer 2020 after Haftar’s attack on Tripoli.
Blantyre (Malawi) (AFP) – Thousands of Malawians gather in crisis centres after losing their homes to flash floods and landslides triggered by Cyclone Freddy. Nearly 200 people have died in Malawi since the storm pummelled through southern Africa at the weekend for the second time within a few weeks. Relief workers expect the tally to rise.
