New York (AFP) – Some 300 women demonstrated in New York for abortion rights on the 50th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court ruling, which guaranteed that right before the court reversed itself last June.
Wuhan (China) (AFP) – Outside Wuhan’s Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, once suspected of being the epicentre of the outbreaks, that has been closed since January 2020. More than three years after the discovery of the first cases of the coronavirus, the origin of the pandemic remains enigmatic. IMAGES
Buenos Aires (AFP) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva arrives at the Jorge Newbery Aeroparque Military Air Station in Buenos Aires with his wife Rosangela “Janja” da Silva, ahead of his meeting with Argentine President Alberto Fernandez and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC).
Washington (AFP) – People in the US capital usher in the lunar Year of the Rabbit with dance, dragons and martial arts performances.
Monterey Park (United States) (AFP) – Images show police and other officials, including from the FBI, at the scene of the mass shooting that left 10 people dead and 10 others wounded at a dance club in Monterey Park during Lunar New Year celebrations. Police have been involved in a stand-off with the man they believe was responsible for the killing, according to media reports.
Paris (AFP) – An inflatable installation on the Trocadero esplanade, in front of the Eiffel Tower, appeared on the sidelines of Paris Fashion Week. The creation is inspired by “Howl’s Moving Castle”, the famous animated film by Japanese producer Hayao Miyazaki, in collaboration with the luxury clothing brand Loewe.
Piornal (Spain) (AFP) – In the town of Piornal in Spain, a centuries-old traditional festival has crowds throw turnips at the “Jarramplas,” a man dressed in multicoloured garb and a pointy wooden headgear. According to tradition, Jarramplas represents a cattle rustler, but he also embodies evil and beating him symbolises the expulsion of everything bad.
Vatican City (AFP) – During his Sunday Angelus prayer, Pope Francis asks to end the violence in Peru. Addressing the crowd in St. Peter’s square he says “I invite you to pray for an end to the acts of violence in Peru. Violence extinguishes hope for a just solution to the problems”. The prayer comes a day after Peruvian authorities closed the country’s famed tourist site, Machu Picchu, as anti-government protests rage on, claiming 46 lives.
Monterey Park (United States) (AFP) – The gunman who killed 10 people and wounded 10 others in a mass shooting at a dance club in California remains at large and has been described as an Asian man, law enforcement officials tells reporters in Monterey Park.
Paris (AFP) – “We will continue to support Ukraine for as long and as comprehensively necessary” German Chancellor Olaf Scholz promises alongside French President Emmanuel Macron, whilst on a visit in Paris.
