Mount Arafat (Saudi Arabia) (AFP) – Pilgrims gather to pray next to Saudi Arabia’s Mount Arafat, a key ritual in the hajj pilgrimage. Access to climb the mountain is forbidden this year due to Covid-19, with the pilgrimage taking place in downsized form for the second year running. Just 60,000 people, all citizens or residents of Saudi Arabia, have been selected to take part in this year’s hajj, with foreign pilgrims again barred.
New York (AFP) – CCTV camera footage released by the New York City Police Department (NYPD) shows a mother saving her 5-year-old boy from an attempted kidnapping in Queens. The two perpetrators fled in their vehicle after the victim’s mother retrieved her child through the car window. The boy was not injured during the incident, according to NYPD. Police have arrested a 24-year-old male and are asking for public assistance in identifying the second individual.
The American Academy of Pediatrics released new Covid-19 guidance for schools that supports in-person learning and, among other things, recommends universal masking in school of everyone over the age of 2.
Brian Levitt, Global Market Strategist at Invesco, says the market is "recalibrating for a weaker economic backdrop."
At least 31 people were killed when torrential rain swept through Mumbai, India triggering landslides that crushed cars and houses and left neighborhoods devastated.
John-Paul Hemingway, SES Networks CEO, talks about how growing the company's satellite fleet could improve internet access across the continent.
The Cincinnati Fire Department broke through a wall to free a dog that had been missing and trapped in a small space for five days.
As South Africans begin to pick up the pieces after last week's unrest, an organisation called Rebuild SA has been formed to do exactly that.
February's military coup in Myanmar upended the country's healthcare system, which is now on the brink of collapse as Covid-19 cases climb. One third of all people tested in Myanmar are testing positive for the virus, but as one protester tells CNN, vaccinations have faltered as citizens refuse to cooperate with military authorities.
CNN's Rachel Crane speaks with Jeff Bezos and his crew a day before they take flight to the edge of space.
CNN's Rachael Crane was granted access inside the facility where Jeff Bezos and his crew are training for a rocket-powered trip to the edge of space.
England lifted almost all of its Covid-19 restrictions on July 19 amid a rise in cases driven by the spread of the Delta variant. Mandatory mask wearing is gone, limits on the numbers of people who can mix indoor or outdoor have ended, social distancing is limited to people who have tested positive for the virus and airports, and venues like nightclubs and sports stadiums are free to open at full capacity.
