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Kharkiv Oblast (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ploughing fields, sowing crops, clearing missile fragments that landed on their farms: after more than a year of Russia’s invasion, Ukraine’s farmers have been forced to add body armour and metal detectors to their usual tools to cope with the challenges posed by the ongoing war. And the already pressed farmers find themselves at the centre of protests from farmers in neighbouring countries who are fuming about a slump in grain prices caused by Ukrainian exports.

Gaza City (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) – Palestinians gather in al-Saraya Square in Gaza City to mark the start of Eid al-Fitr. Sunni Muslim countries announced on Thursday that the holiday marking the end of the fasting month Ramadan would begin the following day.

Cucunubá (Colombia) (AFP) – Family members wait for news of their loved ones outside a coal mine in Colombia, as rescue efforts continue following an explosion in one of its tunnels which left at least three people dead.

New Delhi (AFP) – Images of the last Friday prayers to take place at the Jama Masjid in New Delhi, one of India’s biggest mosques, before the holiday of Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of the Ramadan fast.

Napoli haven’t won the Serie A title yet, but Naples is already in party mode. In anticipation of the club’s first Italian football league title for three decades, the southern city is celebrating and decorating its streets with the club’s colour blue.

Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, exploded during its maiden flight on Thursday, but Elon Musk congratulated his SpaceX team on an “exciting” test of the spacecraft. The spacecraft failed to separate from the first-stage rocket booster and the rocket disintegrated in a ball of fire over the Gulf of Mexico.

Paris (AFP) – Just metres from a busy train station in the heart of Paris scientists have uncovered 50 tombs in an ancient necropolis south of Lutetia, the precursor to the French capital, with numerous burials and offerings. The discovery offers a rare insight into the Parisii, a Gallic tribe that lived on the banks of the River Seine during the Iron Age and the Roman period.

Com (East Timor) (AFP) – Crowds gather in the Pacific region, including East Timor and Western Australia, to watch a total solar eclipse which plunged parts of the region into daytime darkness. “This phenomenon is very rare in East Timor” explains Flaviana Pinto Fernandes, head of the East Timor Meteorological Agency. One of those watching the event in Exmouth, Western Australia, is German enthusiast Michael Mushardt, who rescheduled his honeymoon to see the eclipse.

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky asks NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg to help Kyiv “overcome the reluctance” of some member states to provide long-range weapons to Kyiv as it continues to repel Russia’s invasion. Zelensky says the delays in supply are “time lost for peace and the lives of our soldiers.”

South Padre Island (United States) (AFP) – Getting along with your neighbors is important, and for the residents of South Padre Island, Texas, who live next door to Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket company, this relationship seems largely positive. “It’s been great for so many job opportunities” says Paul Moses, the bartender of Coconut Jack’s. Another of those with a rosy view of Musk is Anthony Michael Sossi, who says “I absolutely think it’s badass, what he’s doing”. This week, SpaceX was forced to reschedule the launch of Starship, the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built, after a technical glitch caused the last minute cancellation of Monday’s lift-off.