Valencia (Spain) (AFP) – “We are ready to help,” says Lisbeth Alvarez, a nurse in Valencia who is volunteering in the aftermath of severe flooding that killed at least 205 people in southern and eastern Spain. The floods, that have tossed vehicles, collapsed bridges and covered towns with mud since October 29 are Spain’s deadliest such disaster in decades.
Las Vegas (AFP) – Kamala Harris slams Donald Trump for recent remarks about women as she presses her case to supporters just days ahead of a nail-biter election. She is joined at the rally in Las Vegas by pop superstar Jennifer Lopez.
Sedaví (Spain) (AFP) – Residents in Spain’s Valencia are in shock after deadly floods that hit the region, killing at least 95 people. Authorities warn the emergency is still not over, asking people in flood-stricken regions to stay at home as rescuers race to find survivors in the rare disaster.
Kathmandu (AFP) – With marigold garlands around their neck, dogs took centre-stage in Nepal on a day dedicated to mankind’s loyal friend. Kukur Tihar, the second day of the five-day Tihar festival, is a Hindu festival.
El Diviso (Colombia) (AFP) – Indigenous people of Colombia, the Awas have been threatened by armed groups in the country’s southwestern rainforests for decades, but insist on peacefully protecting the environment they feel connected to. As environmental leaders gather for COP16, the Awas embody the struggle for survival of native peoples and the defense of the jungle.
Ramat Gan (Israel) (AFP) – Israeli security forces disperse ultra-Orthodox demonstrators protesting army enlistment outside Tel Hashomer’s army base in Ramat Gan. The community has been historically exempt, but a June decree has annulled the understanding, as Israel continues its war in Gaza and conflict against Lebanon’s Hezbollah and Iran.
Cali (Colombia) (AFP) – African wild dogs walking next to cardboard tombstones or lions eating from a carved pumpkin — residents of Cali’s zoo are also marking Halloween, as the Colombian city hosts the UN summit on biodiversity.
Beijing (AFP) – China says it is “concerned” about the situation on the Korean Peninsula, after Pyongyang said it had test-fired one of its most powerful missiles to boost its nuclear deterrent.
Ranong (Thailand) (AFP) – As a long-tail boat arrives at a fishing village on the southern Thai island of Koh Chang, residents gather to sell their wares — not seafood, but plastic. The villagers, members of the semi-nomadic Moken people, are selling to Tide, a start-up attempting to create new value from old plastic collected from or near the sea. Recyclers have long scooped up some of the over six million tonnes of plastic that the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development estimates enters the ocean each year. But Tide works directly with everyone in the process, from collectors in remote Thai fishing villages to carpet manufacturers in the Netherlands.
Caracas (AFP) – The Venezuelan National Association of Journalists denounces a state of total defencelessness to carry out their work and demands guarantees for the missing journalist Nelin Escalante, detained during the post-electoral crisis, which they consider an “enforced disappearance”.
Nouakchott (AFP) – Originally from Siberia, in the far north, huskies are becoming fashionable in the Sahara region and Mauritania — thousands of kilometers away, and where temperatures regularly soar to 40 degrees Celsius.
Utiel (Spain) (AFP) – Spanish emergency services use a helicopter to rescue a person and their dog, left stranded by flooding in Spain’s eastern Valencia region. Triggered by torrential rain, the flooding has left at least 62 people dead, according to rescue services.
