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Kennedy Space Center (United States) (AFP) – Timelapse of NASA’s Artemis I mission’s rocket blasting off from the Kennedy Space Center in Central Florida and making its way towards the Moon.

Przewodów (Poland) (AFP) – “I haven’t slept all night” says Joanna Magus, a resident in the Polish village of Przewodow, where two men were killed in a deadly missile blast on Tuesday afternoon. The missile, as yet of unknown origin, struck a local grain drying facility in the village, which lies just six kilometres from the Ukrainian border.

Cape Canaveral (AFP) – NASA launched the most powerful rocket ever built on a journey to the Moon on Wednesday, marking the start of the space agency’s new flagship program, Artemis. The 32-story tall Space Launch System (SLS) blasted off from the storied Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 01:47 am (0647 GMT). IMAGES

Nusa Dua (Indonesia) (AFP) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says he is “disturbed” by “barbaric activity of Russia in bombarding the Ukrainian people”, speaking to the press alongside Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau on the last day of the G20 summit in Bali. SOUNDBITE

Nusa Dua (Indonesia) (AFP) – French President Emmanuel Macron shakes hands with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as they sit down for a work lunch on the last day of the G20 summit. Macron seeks to convince Modi, who has stopped short of condemning the Russian invasion in Ukraine, that the conflict is “not a good thing”.

Nusa Dua (Indonesia) (AFP) – Indonesian president Joko Widodo leads world leaders through the Taman Hutan Mangrove jungle on the last day of the G20 summit in a special event where they plant saplings. Earlier in the day US President Joe Biden and leaders of key allies held “emergency” talks after a missile hit Polish territory near the border with Ukraine.

Nusa Dua (Indonesia) (AFP) – President of EU Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, along with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, French President Emmanuel Macron and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau leave the venue after “emergency” talks with US president Joe Biden and allies. The meeting is in response to a missile hitting Polish territory near the border with Ukraine.

Nairobi (AFP) – A baby elephant called Kindani tickles a Kenyan journalist working for local channel KBC with his trunk during a standup for a report at the Sheldrick Elephant Nurseryun in Nairobi.

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – Prisoners held by both sides in Russia’s war in Ukraine have been subjected to torture, says the head of the UN Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, Matilda Bogner.

Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt) (AFP) – ‘The potential to stall talks and land a devastating blow for us as small island developing states, is looming. But Antigua and Barbuda will not leave here without a loss and damage fund,’ says Conrod Hunte, lead negotiator for the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), during his COP27 speech in Egypt.

Goma (DR Congo) (AFP) – Kenya’s former president Uhuru Kenyatta, a mediator for the seven-nation East African Community (EAC), arrives in eastern DR Congo’s main city of Goma, as fighting continues north of the city between the Congolese army and M23 rebels.

Doha (AFP) – Australian players refuse to expand on their comments about Qatar’s human rights record, saying they are fully focused on a daunting World Cup opener against defending champions France. The Gulf state has come under intense scrutiny over its treatment of migrant workers, women and the LGBTQ community in the run-up to the tournament, which starts on November 20. The Socceroos released a video last month featuring 16 players, in which they spoke out against rights abuses in Qatar, although they acknowledged progress had been made.