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Buenos Aires (AFP) – Protesters throw objects at police officers near the Obelisk in Buenos Aires where a demonstration is being held after a man died on August 10 in police custody. Facundo Molares, an Argentinian man identified as a former FARC guerrilla from Colombia who was detained in Bolivia in 2019, after being arrested and immobilized by three police officers at a protest against Argentina’s upcoming primary election. IMAGES

Buenos Aires (AFP) – Hundreds gather at the Obelisk in Buenos Aires after a man died following clashes at a protest against Argentina’s upcoming primary election. Facundo Molares, an Argentinian man identified as a former FARC guerrilla from Colombia who was detained in Bolivia in 2019, died on August 10 after being arrested and immobilized by three police officers. IMAGES

Quito (AFP) – People across Ecuador protest after the assassination of Fernando Villavicencio, anti-corruption campaigner and presidential candidate.

Kahului (United States) (AFP) – Thousands of tourists are leaving the Hawaiian island of Maui after a massive fire that destroyed the city of Lahaina.

New Delhi (AFP) – Athletes flex their biceps before battling it out in the Pro Panja League (PPL), the first live televised arm-wrestling league in India.

Jakarta (AFP) – Beaten, forced to eat animal faeces and chained to a dog cage — the abuse of an Indonesian maid, Siti Khotimah, highlights the government’s failure to protect domestic workers at home even as it moves to help those abroad. “They later chained me, on both my legs, my arms and in the neck. They also used handcuff. My head was smacked to the wall and floor,” said Khotimah.

karakoram (Pakistan) (AFP) – When Sajid Ali Sadpara gazes at K2, Earth’s second tallest mountain, he sees his father’s final resting place, but also a blight of litter discarded by climbers. Over the course of a week, Sadpara and his team cleared some 200 kilograms of trash from the mountain, one of Earth’s most unforgiving environments.

In space (AFP) – Virgin Galactic launches its first tourist passengers into space. The three passengers — Jon Goodwin, Keisha Schahaff, and her teenage daughter Anastatia Mayers — floated gravity-free through the Virgin spacecraft about 45 minutes after taking off.

Maui County (United States) (AFP) – The US military deploys helicopters to help fight the fast-moving wildfires on Hawaii’s Maui Island. Two Hawaii Army National Guard CH47 Chinook performed, within five hours, 58 total aerial water bucket drops – totaling over one hundred thousand gallons – on Maui.

Dhaka (AFP) – A Bangladeshi citizen working for the United Nations has been freed after a year and a half abduction by Al-Qaeda in Yemen, the prime minister’s office said. “I never thought I would return home,” Akam Sofyol Anam told reporters in Dhaka, following his return a day earlier, calling the last 18 months “horrifying”. In February 2022, Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) kidnapped Anam and four others as they returned to Yemen’s southern port city of Aden after a field mission while working for UN Department of Safety and Security.