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,…
Sikhs celebrate harvest festival of Baisakhi, marking new year | Religion
Baisakhi is an ancient festival symbolising the new harvest season and the beginning of the solar new year. In gurdwaras, or Sikh temples, people participate…
Romanian ex-prisoners fight to save memory of former communist jails | In Pictures News
Niculina Moica felt the weight of history as she pushed open the rusty iron gate to the former communist prison of Jilava, where she was…
Prayers for Gaza: Palestinians mark sombre Eid at Al-Aqsa Mosque | Religion News
More than 60,000 Palestinians offered Eid al-Fitr prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, but the atmosphere was subdued and not festive as people…
Greek valley that became a lake stirs drought debate | Climate News
Gracefully rising above a din of croaking frogs as the sun sets, a pelican flies over Lake Karla, one the largest inland expanses of water in…
Week in pictures: An earthquake in Taiwan to Ramadan prayers in Jerusalem
A roundup of some of last week’s events. Source link
Six months of devastation in Israel’s war on Gaza with no sign of an end | Israel War on Gaza
In Gaza, each day brings more death as strikes topple buildings with families inside. Six months of war have killed more than 33,000 Palestinians, according…
Palestinians mark last days of Ramadan on the eve of six months of war | Israel War on Gaza News
Palestinian Muslims are marking a tense and sombre last weekend in Ramadan, as Israel’s war on Gaza approaches the six-month mark. Some 120,000 people descended…