Bandia (Senegal) (AFP) – Not far from the capital, Dakar Fashion Week brings together several African designers from Ivory Coast, Mozambique, and Ethiopia. This nineteenth edition, organized by the Franco-Senegalese designer Adama N’Diaye (aka Adama Paris), puts sustainable fashion in the spotlight.
Kabul (AFP) – Hundreds of people queue outside the passport office in Kabul, a day after the Taliban government announced it would resume issuing travel documents.
La Palma Island (Spain) (AFP) – Aerial images of the Cumbre Vieja volcano on the Spanish island of La Palma and the surrounding areas where houses are covered with ash.
Rio de Janeiro (AFP) – Heathcare workers at the Ernani Agricola Municipal Health Center in Rio de Janeiro made a Christmas tree with empty Covid-19 and influenza vaccine vials.
New York (AFP) – New York City will enact a Covid-19 vaccine mandate for the private sector starting on December 27, Mayor Bill de Blasio says during a news conference.
Lumajang (Indonesia) (AFP) – Images of clouds of smoke and a darkened sky as Indonesia’s Mount Semeru erupts spewing out a tower of ash that has plunged local communities into darkness and forced thousands of nearby residents to flee. There were no immediate reports of casualties, accroding to the country’s disaster mitigation agency.
Baghdad (AFP) – Twice a week, a small football pitch in Iraq offers the 25-member national squad of little people a chance to dream big. Omar Abdel Rahman’s team has set its sights on an ambitious goal: to travel to Argentina for their first international tournament.
