Sitiawan (Malaysia) (AFP) – In the small Malaysian town of Sitiawan, a family-run business makes traditional “mee suah” noodles by hand, stretching them out on wooden racks to dry in the baking hot sun. Known as “thread noodles” due to their long thin form, the food was originally brought to the Southeast Asian country by Chinese immigrants.
Brumadinho (Brazil) (AFP) – Brazilians compete in a soapbox cart championship where speeds can go higher than 100km/h.
Bangkok (AFP) – What happens when Donald Trump, a Bangkok motorbike taxi driver, and a Squid Game contestant take the stage in a Bangkok bar late on a Saturday night? It can only mean an air guitar battle for peace.
Sao Paulo (AFP) – Thousands march in Sao Paulo’s LGBTQ+ pride march under the slogan “Vote with pride for a politics that represents us” in reference to the upcoming October presidential elections. The march returned to Brazil’s economic capital and busiest city after a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic.
Black Sea (AFP) – Russia’s Defence Ministry publishes images showing the launch of a high-precision long-range Kalibr missile somewhere in the Black Sea. In a daily briefing earlier, the Defence Ministry said the missile hit a command post of Ukrainian troops in the Dnipro region.
Zamora (Spain) (AFP) – Emergency services are battling several wildfires in nothern Spain as Europe sweltered over the weekend under a blistering June heatwave. The soaring temperatures were in line with scientists’ predictions that such phenomena will now strike earlier in the year due to global warming.
The Hague (AFP) – Heads tilted far back, Dutch revellers hold the raw, onion-coated fish by their tails and drop them down their open gullets. Welcome to the port of Scheveningen, where the Netherlands is marking the arrival of the season’s first catch of new herring.
Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – President Volodymyr Zelensky vows that his forces “will not give away the south to anyone” after his first visit to the southern frontline, as NATO’s chief warned the war in Ukraine could last “for years”.
The Hague (AFP) – Heads tilted far back, Dutch revellers hold the raw, onion-coated fish by their tails and drop them down their open gullets. Welcome to the port of Scheveningen, where the Netherlands is marking the arrival of the season’s first catch of new herring.
An Nabk (Syria) (AFP) – A Syrian desert monastery, that used to attract tens of thousands of worshippers, has reopened to visitors after years of war and isolation.
Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – President Volodymyr Zelensky hails Brussels’ support for Ukraine’s European Union bid a historic achievement, as his country’s eastern Donas region faced intense Russian shelling. Brussels has spearheaded a powerful show of European solidarity by backing Kyiv’s bid for EU candidate status, an endorsement that could add Ukraine to the list of countries vying for membership as early as next week.
Samawah (Iraq) (AFP) – Gazelles at an Iraqi wildlife reserve are dropping dead from hunger, making them the latest victims in a country where climate change is compounding hardships after years of war.
