Addis Ababa (AFP) – A Sudanese artist who escaped the conflict in Khartoum presents an art exhibition in Ethiopia, as part of his reflection on the ongoing effects of the conflict in Sudan.
Sao Paulo (AFP) – A growing movement of entrepreneurs, activists and models in Brazil is seeking to provide plus-size fashion in a country where more than half of all adults are overweight.
Port-au-Prince (AFP) – Residents running from gangs in Port-au-Prince’s Carrefour-Feuilles district flee on foot, their belongings in hand, as violence continues to pose a daily threat.
Bogotá (AFP) – Hundreds of Colombians gather on Bolivar Square in the capital, Bogota, to protest against President Gustavo Petro’s government. IMAGES
Sydney (AFP) – Jubilation for England fans and heartache for Australia as the Lionesses earn a clinical 3-1 win in Sydney to set up a Women’s World Cup final against Spain. The match will be fought on August 20.
Rabat (AFP) – Galloping on horseback and firing their guns is all part of the Moroccan equestrian art of “Tbourida”, also known as “fantasia”. In Rabat, horsewomen take part in a competition that sees them perform the 15th century equestrian art before proud members of the public.
Beirut (AFP) – Disabled survivors of the devastating blast at Beirut’s port in 2020 — one of history’s biggest non-nuclear explosions — say that cash-strapped Lebanon has failed to deliver adequate medical care, financial support or justice.
Bolivia (Bolivia) (AFP) – Believers of the Virgin of Urkupina break rocks to ask for favors during a colorful religious procession that mixes Catholic and Andean traditions in Bolivia’s central city of Cochabamba.
China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin says the country’s economic recovery is “a tortuous process”, but insists Western critics “will for sure be proven wrong”. The comments come after a raft of figures that have stoked concerns over China’s stuttering post-Covid recovery, and after US President Joe Biden said the country’s mounting economic problems made it a “ticking time bomb”.
Ukrainian officials have urged civilians near the northeastern frontline to evacuate as Russia steps up an assault to capture territory already seized once during the conflict. Kupiansk and the surrounding areas of Ukraine’s Kharkiv region were recaptured by Kyiv’s forces in September 2022 but Moscow has since pushed back into the region.
