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Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – Hollywood star Ben Stiller met Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on Monday, hailing the comedian-turned-president as “my hero”.

San Francisco (AFP) – Tens of thousands of fans poured onto the streets of San Francisco on Monday to salute the victorious Golden State Warriors as the team celebrated its fourth NBA championship in eight seasons with an open-top bus parade.

Tokyo (AFP) – With its zero-tolerance cannabis laws, deep social stigma against the drug and moves to tighten rules on consumption, Japan is no stoner’s paradise. 

Stonehenge (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Crowds gather at Stonehenge in southwest England to watch the sunrise behind the ancient monument on the summer solstice.

Guwahati (India) (AFP) – Heavy rains have caused flooding in India’s northeastern state of Assam where at least three people were killed in landslides, while six others died in flood waters, according to disaster management authorities. Floods are a regular menace in India and Bangladesh, but experts say climate change is increasing their frequency, ferocity and unpredictability for the two countries’ 1.6 billion people.

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky tells the African Union that the continent is being held hostage by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine which has spurred food shortages and fears of a food crisis in Africa.

Beirut (AFP) – Prime Minister Najib Mikati says Lebanon is ready to expel Syrian refugees living in the country if the international community does not work to repatriate them. Lebanon, grappling with its worst ever economic crisis, has the world’s highest proportion of refugees in its population. The government estimates that Syrians account for almost a quarter of its more than six million residents.

A battalion made up of veterans and refugees of Chechnya’s wars is fighting in Ukraine – against the Russians. Many of these soldiers see Ukraine’s struggle against Russia as much like their own.

Sylhet (Bangladesh) (AFP) – Monsoon storms in Bangladesh have killed dozens of people and unleashed devastating floods that have left millions of others stranded. Floods are a regular menace in the country, but experts say climate change is increasing their frequency, ferocity and unpredictability.

Zaporizhzhia (Ukraine) (AFP) – In the town of Zaporizhzhia in eastern Ukraine, Ukrainian mechanics are converting old rally cars into armoured vehicles to help the war effort. With a reinforced body and an upgraded engine, it is designed so soldiers at both the front and back can shoot while speeding across the front.

Stockholm (AFP) – The 12-metre tall installation “Arch” by the artist Ai Weiwei is on display in front of the National Museum of Stockholm. The stainless steel structure, which resembles a cage, features silhouettes of two people holding one another at its centre.

Lysychansk (Ukraine) (AFP) – More residents are being evacuated from the Ukrainian city of Lysychansk amid heavy Russian shelling. Bombardments continue to strike buildings and facilities in the city, which lies just across the river from the battered Severodonetsk.