Fort Myers (United States) (AFP) – Aerial images above Fort Myers in southwest Florida show the devastation caused by Hurricane Ian, showing flooded landscapes and damaged buildings, cars, and boats.
Havana (AFP) – Women in Havana demand electricity to be restored in the city, which like the rest of Cuba was left without power after the violent passage of Hurricane Ian over the island.
Cairo (AFP) – Volunteers collect plastic and garbage from the Nile River in the Egyptian capital of Cairo as part of Nile clean-up campaign, ahead of the next global climate summit, COP27 in November.
Tallahassee (United States) (AFP) – Fort Myers city has been devastated by the “historic” Hurricane Ian, as the monster storm sent surges of ocean water into homes and businesses and left some nearby coastal communities cut off, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis says.
Fort Myers (United States) (AFP) – Hurricane Ian has left a trail of devastation across Florida, with whole neighborhoods reduced to shattered ruins and millions left without power.
Frisco (United States) (AFP) – Foretold for years, drone delivery has become a reality in some parts of the United States. In less than 15 minutes, what you ordered on your phone is delivered to your backyard by air.
Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky commemorates the 81st anniversary of the Babyn Yar massacres. Babyn Yar is a ravine outside Kyiv, where Nazis executed more than 30,000 Jews in 1941.
Les Diablerets (Switzerland) (AFP) – The once-thick layer of ice that covered the pass between the Scex Rouge and Tsanfleuron glaciers in Switzerland has completely melted away, exposing bare rock that had been frozen over since at least the Roman era. Switzerland’s glaciers lost six percent of their total volume this year due to a dry winter and repeated summer heatwaves, shattering previous ice melt records, a report has revealed.
Kabul (AFP) – Afghan women hold placards in front of the Iranian embassy in Kabul in support of protests that have erupted in Iran over the death of a woman in the custody of morality police. Taliban forces fire shots into the air to disperse the rally.
United Nations (United States) (AFP) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemns Russia’s plans to declare the annexation of occupied parts of Ukraine, calling it “a dangerous escalation” that “has no place in the modern world.”
Bogotá (AFP) – Colombian right-wing senator Alirio Barrera rides his horse into Congress, which recently admitted the entry of pets. “Some have their pets, their cats, their dogs, I have my horse”, says Barrera, “and if the law is for one, so be it for all”.
Helsinki (AFP) – Finland’s foreign minister says the Nordic country will bar Russians with Schengen tourist visas from entering the country at midnight (2100 GMT) following a surge in arrivals after Moscow’s mobilisation order.
