La Canada Flintridge (United States) (AFP) – NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has collected its first two rock samples, both slightly wider than a pencil in diameter and about six centimeters long, and now stored in sealed tubes in the rover's interior.
Afghan pop star Aryana Saeed, an indefatigable women's rights activist, made only one request of her fiance before heading to Kabul airport when the Taliban took over the city: "just shoot me in the head but don't let them take me away alive".
Washington (AFP) – US President Joe Biden urges Americans to show unity, "our greatest strength," in a pre-recorded video posted on the eve of the twentieth anniversary of 9/11. Biden also says Americans must fight "the darker forces of human nature" unleashed after the September 11, 2001 attacks: "Fear and anger, resentment and violence against Muslim Americans.
Models wearing outfits inspired by healthcare professionals walk down the runway as part of a show during the China Fashion Week in Beijing. The 'Heroes in Harm's Way' collection is designed by the Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology and Dishang Group.
La Canada Flintridge (United States) (AFP) – NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has collected its first two rock samples, both slightly wider than a pencil in diameter and about six centimeters long, and now stored in sealed tubes in the rover’s interior. NASA is hoping to return the samples to Earth for in depth lab analysis in a joint mission with the European Space Agency sometime in the 2030s.
Beijing (AFP) – Models wearing outfits inspired by healthcare professionals walk down the runway as part of a show during the China Fashion Week in Beijing. The ‘Heroes in Harm’s Way’ collection is designed by the Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology and Dishang Group.
Washington (AFP) – US President Joe Biden urges Americans to show unity, “our greatest strength,” in a pre-recorded video posted on the eve of the twentieth anniversary of 9/11. Biden also says Americans must fight “the darker forces of human nature” unleashed after the September 11, 2001 attacks: “Fear and anger, resentment and violence against Muslim Americans.”
Kabul (AFP) – Afghan pop star Aryana Saeed, an indefatigable women’s rights activist, made only one request of her fiance before heading to Kabul airport when the Taliban took over the city: “just shoot me in the head but don’t let them take me away alive”.
Form follows function: As the age of electromobility dawns, cars are changing. The International Mobility Show IAA reveals how conventional features like radiator grills and elongated hoods are fading.
Senegalese academic Cheikh Anta Diop was an anthropologist, historian, physicist, and linguist. His groundbreaking work included rewriting Africa's history from an Afrocentric point of view without prejudice.
Performers dressed in cans, tubes, mirrors and other materials salvaged from rubbish bins parade through the streets of Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, for the 5th edition of the "KinAct" festival, which aims to raise awareness of the environment as well as art.
Húsavík (Iceland) (AFP) – About ten nautical miles from the small port village of Húsavík in northern Iceland, scientists collect spray from the blowholes of humpback whales to assess their stress level when encountering whale watching boats, a booming industry on the subarctic island.
