Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – UK foreign minister David Cameron visits Kyiv and is received by president Volodymyr Zelensky, as he promises to back Ukraine “for as long as it takes” against Russia’s invasion. His visit comes after British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced £500 million in additional military funding for Kyiv, with the goal of reaching £3 billion per year.
Arbil (Iraq) (AFP) – Vehicles navigate flooded streets in Arbil as heavy downpours struck Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan Region for the second day.
Fujikawaguchiko (Japan) (AFP) – A small Japanese town begins erecting a barrier to block views of the country’s most famous sight, Mount Fuji, after locals complained of bad behaviour by photo-hungry tourists.
(AFP) – The body of an Israeli man who was murdered during the attack by Hamas militants on southern Israel on October 7 was held in Gaza, the government and the kibbutz where he had lived, said on Friday. Dror Or, 49, is the latest hostage to have been confirmed dead by Israel after being captured during the Hamas attack. The attack that triggered the Gaza war, left around 1,170 people dead, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally of Israeli official figures. The militants also took about 250 hostages. Israel’s retaliatory offensive has killed more than 34,500 people in Gaza, mostly women and children, according to the Hamas-run territory’s health ministry. SOUNDBITE
Paris (AFP) – French students from several Paris campuses gather at Place de la Sorbonne square to show their support for Palestinians in Gaza.
São Sebastião do Caí (Brazil) (AFP) – Floods and mudslides caused by torrential rains have killed 29 people in southern Brazil, and with dozens still missing, the death toll is expected to rise.
Manila (AFP) – The Philippines shut down thousands of schools nationwide, as the temperature in Manila crossed a record high. Many schools have no air conditioning, and students have to sweat it out, but conditions at Baseco, Manila’s infamous docklands slum, are even more desperate.
Panama City (AFP) – With three days to go to presidential elections in Panama, supporters of candidates for the Otro Camino party, Ricardo Lombana, and for the Realizando Metas party, Jose Raul Mulino, attend campaign rallies in the capital. IMAGES
Santa Maria (Brazil) (AFP) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva visits the country’s south, where the death toll from floods caused by torrential rains has risen to 13, taking part in an emergency meeting with authorities of Rio Grande do Sul state. IMAGES TO COMPLETE VIDI34QP8HD_EN
Nakhon Sawan (Thailand) (AFP) – As a heatwave grips Thailand, villagers parade through the streets of Phayuha Khiri District hoisting the Japanese manga cat Doraemon into the air to call for rain.
Cambridge (United States) (AFP) – Students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) expand their pro-Palestine protest encampment after they say negotiations with the school have gone nowhere. MIT is among several other universities where students are calling on administration to divest from Israel. The Gaza war started when Hamas militants staged an unprecedented attack on Israel on October 7 that left around 1,170 people dead, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally of Israeli official figures. The militants also took about 250 hostages. Israel’s retaliatory offensive has killed more than 34,500 people in Gaza, mostly women and children, according to the Hamas-run territory’s health ministry.
Garissa (Kenya) (AFP) – The Kenya Red Cross releases footage of their rescue of a man they say was stranded by floodwaters and forced to take shelter up a tree for five days in Garissa.
