Dubai (AFP) – ‘There are a few missing points in the draft deal’, says global director of climate change at UNDP, Cassie Flynn, in an interview with AFP. UN climate talks in Dubai were set to run past a host-imposed deadline for a deal as at-risk nations voiced fury over a proposed compromise that stops short of phasing out fossil fuels.
El Ahuehuete (Mexico) (AFP) – Devotees wearing flower crowns arrive at a monumental statue of the Virgin of Guadalupe, a pilgrimage site near the town of El Ahuehuete, 90 kilometres southwest of Mexico City. They must climb 1,400 steps to reach a viewpoint of the giant statue crafted by Mexican artist Victor Gutierrez. The sculpture is 33 metres tall, 11 metres wide and weighs 110 tons.
Hanoi (AFP) – China’s President Xi Jinping arrives in Vietnam for his first visit in six years, as he seeks to counter the United States’ growing influence with the communist nation.
San Bernardino (Paraguay) (AFP) – Two puma cubs born in captivity are shown off at the Tierra Alta animal sanctuary in San Bernardino, Paraguay.
San Bernardino (Paraguay) (AFP) – Two puma cubs born in captivity are shown off at the Tierra Alta animal sanctuary in San Bernardino, Paraguay.
Hanoi (AFP) – China’s President Xi Jinping arrives in Vietnam for his first visit in six years, as he seeks to counter the United States’ growing influence with the communist nation.
Westwood (United States) (AFP) – US fans give a warm welcome to Timothée Chalamet as he walks the red carpet with the cast of “Wonka” in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles (AFP) – US actor Zac Efron, who rose to fame for his role in the 2006 Disney Channel film “High School Musical”, unveils his Walk of Fame star on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles.
Pidie Jaya (Indonesia) (AFP) – After being adrift at sea for weeks, more than 300 Rohingya refugees from Myanmar, mostly women and children, finally reach the coast of western Indonesia – only for most of them to remain stranded on the island’s shores. Since a 2017 crackdown by Myanmar’s military, much of the mostly Muslim Rohingya population has fled to Bangladesh, from which many set off to risk the perilous sea journey to Malaysia and Indonesia.
Rafah (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) – Foreign passport holders wait at the Rafah border crossing on Gaza’s southern border with Egypt, hoping to find their names on the list of those permitted to leave the embattled territory. Some are staying at the crossing point, afraid of Israel’s expanded military campaign which, for over a week now, has been focusing on Gaza’s southern cities. “We have been stuck here for 18 days,” says Noura al-Sayed Hasan, an Egyptian passport holder, who is with her young daughter, “I can’t even find any bread.”
