La Paz (AFP) – Animal rights advocates gather outside the city hall of Bolivia’s La Paz to hold a symbolic funeral for dozens of animals found dead at a local zoo. The cause of the deaths is being investigated, according to authorities.
Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – Views of Kyiv, 100 days into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Kyiv has said Moscow now controls 20 percent of Ukrainian territory, including Crimea and parts of the Donbas seized in 2014.
Hexham (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Members of the public brave the weather to see the lighting of one of the Platinum Jubilee beacons at the ancient Roman fort of Vindolanda, close to Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland.
Buenos Aires (AFP) – Amidst a mountain of empty bottles, garbage recyclers protest in front of the Coca-Cola headquarters in Buenos Aires as part of their demand for a “packaging law” that introduces the principle of extended producer responsibility. “We are the only ones who put our hands in the garbage to recover what this company puts into the environment”, says one recycler during the demonstration.
Windsor (United Kingdom) (AFP) – A beacon is lit and fireworks are set off at Windsor castle for Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee, marking 70 years of her reign.
Jūzīf (Syria) (AFP) – In a cherry field in the town of Juzif in the Jebel al-Zawiyah mountains of Syria’s rebel-held Idlib province, farmers pick cherries as their harvest marks a major setback due to this year’s cold winter and the ongoing 11-year civil war.
Taez (Yemen) (AFP) – “The people of Taiz are no longer optimistic about the truce; they no longer have faith in it,” says Taiz resident Mohammed al-Hurribi. Yemen’s warring parties have agreed to renew a two-month truce, according to the United Nations.
Dmytrivka (Ukraine) (AFP) – The Ukrainian band Ocheretyanyi Kit performs on top of a burnt Russian tank, blaring out a new song called “Javelin” in honour of the US-supplied, shoulder-fired missile to tackle back Russia’s invasion in Kyiv’s outskirts.
Paris (AFP) – “You are the golden thread that links our two countries.” In a video posted on his Twitter account, French President Emmanuel Macron pays tribute to Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II on her platinum jubilee.
London (AFP) – Thousands flock to central London to mark the first day of a four day celebration for Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee. Spectators along the Mall, a road connecting Buckingham Palace and Trafalgar Square, say they are “proud” of the spectacle.
Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says that Russian troops control about one-fifth of his country, including the annexed Crimean peninsula and territory in the east held by Moscow-backed separatists since 2014.
Taoyuan (Taiwan) (AFP) – Republic of China President Tsai Ing-wen shoulders a Taiwan-made rocket launcher on a morale-boosting tour for soldiers on guard during the Dragon Boat holiday season. The democratic island’s leader regularly visits her troops amid a heightened threat of Chinese invasion, with Beijing claiming sovereignty over a territory it considers as one of its provinces.
