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Mihail Kogălniceanu military base (Romania) (AFP) – French President Emmanuel Macron meets with Romanian President Klaus Iohannis during a visit to Romania, after which he will travel on to Moldova. IMAGES

Beirut (AFP) – June’s full moon, known as “strawberry supermoon”, rises over the city of Beirut. On June 14, the moon orbits closest to the earth, marking the last “supermoon” of the year.

Tunis (AFP) – Passionate about crafts, Tunis-based traditional potter Ali Arfaoui has been practising his art for 35 years from his workshop on Sidi Saber in the Medina of Tunis, an UNESCO world heritage. The craftsman hand-decorates everyday objects such as plates, pots and tableware in his workshop using traditional designs in eye-catching colours, which are mostly sold to tourists in the souk of the Medina. Arfaoui is specialised in painting the ceramics, yet he did not learn to trade, it was rather passed down to him by his brothers. 

Villa Nueva (Guatemala) (AFP) – Heavy rains in Guatemala, which have left more than a dozen people dead, caused cracks and a giant hole in one of the main roads connecting the capital with the south of the country, forcing authorities to close the road.

London (AFP) – Survivors and families of victims of the Grenfell Tower fire mark the tragedy’s fifth anniversary with memorial services and tributes. The 2017 incident remains Britain’s worst residential fire since World War II. 

The Hague (AFP) – Ukraine ‘absolutely depend on that (heavy weapons) to be able to stand up against the brutal Russian invasion,’ NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg tells a press conference in The Hague after meeting the leaders of seven European NATO allies ahead of a key summit.

Seville (Spain) (AFP) – With Spain in the grips of a severe heatwave, Seville’s carriage horses are suffering. Horse-drawn carriages are a popular tourist attraction in the southern Spain city, but with temperatures exceeding 40 degrees Celsius, coachmen are having to take extra precautions.

London (AFP) – In London, people sew a quilt to honour the 72 people who perished in Britain’s Grenfell Tower disaster. Five years on, emotions remain raw about the treatment of survivors and the bereaved, some of whom have yet to be permanently rehoused.

Vienna (AFP) – At the Austrian World Summit climate conference, Arnold Schwarzenegger denounces Europe for “financing the war” in Ukraine by paying Russia for fuel, saying “we have blood on our hands”. The actor also references 9 year-old Ella who died of asthma after being exposed to high levels of pollution, saying we need to get rid of fossil fuels as “we owe it to our Ellas”.

New York (AFP) – New York’s Rikers Island prison is facing its most intense scrutiny ever following at least 20 deaths in the last 18 months. For some protesting in the city, any reforms come too late.

Janjgiri (India) (AFP) – Indian emergency workers carry out a rescue operation to save a 10-year-old boy, who has been trapped down a narrow well for four days in the central state of Chhattisgarh. Rescuers have managed to insert an oxygen pipe into the well where the boy is trapped, as well as a camera.

Washington (AFP) – “Does this framework has everything that the president wants? It does not,” says White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, after a bipartisan group of US senators proposed steps to curb gun violence following devastating mass shootings in Texas and New York.