Week in pictures: A heatwave in Vietnam to Orthodox Easter in Jerusalem
A roundup of some of last week's events. Source link
Protests in the US have long been celebrated, condemned, welcomed, muzzled | Protests
Protests, rallies, sit-ins, marches, and disruptions date from the early days of what would become the United States. They have continued to the sights and…
Sustainable living gives Hungarian families hope for the future | Environment
Laszlo Kemencei lives as sustainably as possible on his small farm in eastern Hungary. He believes the land is effectively borrowed from his daughter, so…
Thousands rally in Georgia as Parliament advances ‘foreign influence’ bill | Protests News
Georgia’s Parliament moved a step closer to passing a bill that critics fear will stifle media freedom and endanger the country’s European Union membership bid, as…
Gaza war protesters disrupt Paris’s Sorbonne University | Israel War on Gaza News
Protesters angry over Israel’s war on Gaza have gathered at Sorbonne University in Paris, chanting “Free Palestine” at the university’s gates while some students set…
The power and risks of campus protests
The Columbia students' protest against the Gaza war is part of a high-stakes tradition of advocacy on US campuses. Source link
Hinglaj Yatra Hindu festival brings mountainous region in Pakistan to life | Religion
The dramatic surroundings of Hingol National Park in Balochistan province are the setting for Pakistan’s largest Hindu celebration, Hinglaj Yatra, which started on Friday and…
Week in pictures: From student protests in US to Indonesia’s new president
A roundup of some of the week’s key events. Source link
Students block Paris’s Sciences Po to protest against Israel’s war on Gaza | Israel War on Gaza News
Students blocked access to Paris’s prestigious Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po) university over Israel’s war on Gaza, demanding the institution condemn Israel’s actions…
Athens turns orange under North Africa’s Sahara dust clouds | In Pictures News
Athens turned orange as winds deposited sand from North Africa on the Greek capital. Skies over southern Greece turned an orange hue on Tuesday as…
Highest-level rainstorm warning issued in south China’s Guangdong | Floods News
The Chinese government has issued its highest-level rainstorm warning and evacuated more than 100,000 people as rain continues to lash the south of the country.…
Hundreds gather on Sydney’s Bondi Beach to mourn Westfield attack victims | In Pictures News
Hundreds gathered on Sydney’s Bondi Beach on Sunday evening, lighting candles as the sun set, to mourn the six people killed in a knife attack in the area’s…
Week in pictures: From floods in Dubai to national elections in India
A roundup of some of the week’s key events. Source link
In Serbian village, women fight to escape encroaching mine | Mining
Before dawn, 78-year-old Vukosava Radivojevic prepared breakfast for her husband and then walked to guard a barricade in her village in eastern Serbia to stop…
Gaza, genocide and the world’s most heinous crime
The words of the Jewish lawyer who coined the term 'genocide' still hold lessons for us today. Source link
Grief in Gaza: Image of mourning Palestinian wins World Press Photo award | In Pictures News
A haunting image of a grieving Palestinian woman embracing the body of her little niece, who was killed in an Israeli strike in the Gaza…
Thousands protest in Georgia over contentious ‘foreign agents’ bill | Protests News
Thousands of Georgians took to the streets in protest and politicians came to blows in parliament as governing party legislators gave the initial go-ahead for…
Thousands try to return home to north Gaza after ‘open checkpoint’ rumours | Israel War on Gaza News
Thousands of Palestinians in Gaza have flooded the coastal road northwards after hearing that several people managed to cross a closed checkpoint towards Gaza City,…
Week in pictures: War in Sudan, a solar eclipse, and Iran attacks Israel
A roundup of some of the week’s key events. Source link
A year of violence, of displacement, of violations in Sudan’s war | In Pictures
A year since it started, the war in Sudan has spiralled into one of the world’s largest and most complex displacement crises. Since April 15,…