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Shanghai (AFP) – Animal lovers gather in Shanghai to watch a pet fashion show featuring four-legged models in miniature garments.

Gaza City (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) – People scramble for meagre provisions in northern Gaza, where the threat of famine looms. The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees says Israel has definitively barred it from making aid deliveries in northern Gaza.

Bogotá (AFP) – Ana and Angie are among thousands of Colombian women who have found themselves behind bars after resorting to drug trafficking to escape poverty. Within the confines of Colombia’s largest women’s prison, the Reclusion de Mujeres de Bogota El Buen Pastor, these women share similar stories. “Sometimes I call my children and find out they’ve gone to bed without eating, or they haven’t had lunch,” says Angie Hernandez, a single mother of two sentenced to six years and three months in prison.

Beijing (AFP) – China accuses the the US and the UK of “political manoeuvring” in order to “once again hype up the so-called cyberattacks by China” after the US, Britain and New Zealand said Beijing-backed cyber groups were behind a series of attacks on lawmakers and key democratic institutions. “We urge the US side and the British side to stop politicising the issue of cybersecurity, stop smearing China and imposing unilateral sanctions, and stop acts of cyberattack against China,” says Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Lin Jian.

Idlib (Syria) (AFP) – “He was also hung by his hands for several days without food or water until he confessed to what they wanted,” says Ahmed al-Hakim, whose 27-year-old brother was tortured to death in a jail in Syria’s jihadist-held northwest, sparking rare protests as the United Nations warned of possible “war crimes” in the opposition bastion.

Simi Valley (United States) (AFP) – An American television classic, Little House on the Prairie, celebrated its 50-year anniversary with an event in Simi Valley, California, attended by thousands of fans. Fans of the show, which aired over 200 episodes between 1974 and 1982, took photos with sets recreated for the event, with some dressing up in period costumes. Meanwhile, members of the cast, including Melissa Gilbert, who played Laura Ingalls in the show, signed autographs and shook hands with fans. “I think my father knew very well that this show will outlive all of us and continue on,” said Michael Landon Jr., the son of the late Michael Landon, who played Charles Ingalls.

London (AFP) – Two UK judges delayed a decision Tuesday on whether to grant WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange a last-ditch appeal against extradition to the United States, giving Washington three weeks to provide further “assurances” in the case.

Kandhamal (India) (AFP) – Church walls crumble in India’s Kandhamal district, where brutal attacks on Christians 16 years ago means many survivors still worry about their minority’s place in a Hindu-majority nation. With India’s election on the horizon and Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi widely expected to win, many Christians fear they may once again become targets.

Belém (Brazil) (AFP) – French President Emmanuel Macron and his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva meet with Indigenous leader of the Kayapo people, Raoni Metuktire, on the island of Combu off the coast of Belem, in the Brazilian Amazon. Macron has promised to discuss closer cooperation in the fight against illegal gold mining with Brazil, where he begins an emblematic state visit lasting almost three days following his trip to French Guiana. IMAGES

Belém (Brazil) (AFP) – French President Emmanuel Macron arrives on the island of Combu off the coast of Belem, in the Brazilian Amazon, with his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Macron has promised to discuss closer cooperation in the fight against illegal gold mining with Brazil, where he begins an emblematic state visit lasting almost three days following his trip to French Guiana. IMAGES