Qamishli (Syria) (AFP) – Animals are sprayed with water to cool them off during a heatwave at a zoo and a chicken farm in Qamishli in Syria’s northeastern Hasakeh province. “For more than 15 days, the abnormal temperature has led to the death of chicks at the rate of 70 chicks per day. It’s a big loss”, says the owner of the farm.
Sarajevo (AFP) – Hundreds of people with LGBTQI flags attend the annual Pride Parade in Sarajevo. IMAGES
Costa de los Amates (Honduras) (AFP) – Several villages in southern Honduras have been cut off after heavy rains flooded the Goascorán River. “It is no exaggeration, we have lost everything,” says Joaquin Ferrufino, a resident of Costa de los Amates in the department of Valle. Torrential rains across Central America have left at least 27 dead in landslides and flooding over the past week, mainly in El Salvador, but also in Guatemala and Honduras.
Ariel (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) – With many Israelis gripped by a sense of insecurity following Hamas’s unprecedented October 7 attack, the number of women applying for gun permits has soared. The deadliest-ever Gaza war began with the October 7 attack by Hamas militants on southern Israel. That attack resulted in the deaths of 1,194 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on Israeli official figures. The militants also seized hostages, 116 of whom remain in Gaza although the army says 41 are dead. Israel’s retaliatory offensive has killed at least 37,551 people, also mostly civilians, according to the health ministry in the Hamas-ruled territory.
Rio de Janeiro (AFP) – Hundreds of yoga aficionados take part in a mass session at sunrise on the famous Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, a day after International Yoga Day.
Xichang (China) (AFP) – A Long March 2-C rocket carrying a satellite jointly developed by China and France lifted off from a space base in Xichang, in southwestern China. The launch took place around 3:00pm (0700 GMT). The satellite, dubbed the Space Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM), will seek out gamma-ray bursts, powerful cosmic explosions that offer clues about the history of the universe. IMAGES
Paris (AFP) – Robert Pattinson, Demi Moore… A host of celebrities turned out for the Dior men’s spring-summer 2025 collection show at Paris Fashion Week.
Diyarbakir (Turkey) (AFP) – Veterinarians treat injured animals after hundreds perished in a blaze that roared across the dry landscape, sending flames into the night sky and sweeping through several villages in the mainly Kurdish southeast of Turkey.
Stonehenge (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Tens of thousands of people gather at Stonehenge, the renowned prehistoric UNESCO world heritage site in southwest England, to celebrate the northern hemisphere’s summer solstice at dawn on 21 June 2024. The Neolithic monument, which is thought to have been erected around 2,500 BC, aligns with the rising sun on the morning of the summer solstice, which has drawn revellers to celebrate since prehistoric times.
Ciudad Juárez (Mexico) (AFP) – In the desert of the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua, near the US border, migrants are risking their lives attempting the desert crossing to the United States in extreme temperatures. After the body of a migrant was recovered by Mexican civil protection officials, authorities are cautioning migrants to avoid the perilous journey. At a Catholic church community kitchen for US-bound migrants Venezuelan Bilmari Karin recounts her journey: “It’s a lot. A lot of suffocating heat, there’s the sand, you go through a lot of things in the desert.”
Pyongyang (AFP) – From a lavish welcome ceremony to feeding horses and driving limos, these are just a few of the highlights of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent trip to North Korea, during which the two leaders signed a mutual defence pact which has been widely condemned.
Srinagar (India) (AFP) – Prime Minister Narendra Modi performs yoga alongside other participants as part of a 10th International Yoga Day event in Srinagar, India. Modi is in the disputed region of Kashmir to inaugurate development projects.
