AFP Video

Giza (Egypt) (AFP) – Darkness pervades the streets of Egypt’s city of Giza, as the government dims lights to free up energy for export and bolster hard currency reserves.

London (AFP) – Performers dance in the streets of west London as the Notting Hill Carnival returns after a two-year break due to Covid-19. Started as a children’s event by local communities to ease tensions in a racially divided 60s London, the carnival is now a world-renowned celebration of British Afro-Caribbean identity.

Dubai (AFP) – Elation and disappointment outside the Dubai International Cricket Stadium after India secure a thrilling five-wicket win over Pakistan in the Asia Cup Twenty20 tournament.

Cocoa Beach (United States) (AFP) – As NASA prepares to launch its Artemis 1 rocket to the Moon on Monday, residents of Cocoa Beach, Florida — near Kennedy Space Center — show their support for the mission with signs and banners placed around the city. The launch is “something we’ve been waiting on for a long time,” says Cocoa Beach resident Jeremy Edgar.

Bogota (AFP) – Thousands of musicians from different orchestras, philharmonics and schools in Bogota gather at Simon Bolivar Park to perform the world’s largest concert. The event, which involved some 16,000 people playing six works simultaneously, celebrates the final report of the Truth Commission on the Colombian conflict.

Charbagh (Pakistan) (AFP) – In Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, the Swat River has become a raging torrent, washing away buildings and bridges and damaging roads, as the death toll from this year’s monsoon has topped 1,000.

Oscar beats the summer heat of the United Arab Emirates by working out in a gym, hitting the treadmill twice or three times a week. Nothing unusual in that — except that Oscar is a dog. As the Gulf’s increasingly fierce temperatures becomes dangerous to health amid fears over the pace of climate change, those who can afford not to work outside in the blazing sun stay inside in air-conditioning. And for owners of pampered pets able to splash the cash, an air-conditioned gym for dogs has become an attractive option.

Noida (India) (AFP) – India demolishes two illegally built residential high-rise buildings just outside New Delhi on Sunday, in a dramatic spectacle shown live on television. This follows days of excited media build-up to what constitutes a rare move by Indian authorities to toughen its stance on corrupt construction practices. IMAGES

Buenos Aires (AFP) – Protesters clash with police outside the home of Argentine Vice President Cristina Kirchner, who is currently on trial for alleged corruption and could face 12 years in prison if convicted.

L’Aquila (Italy) (AFP) – Pope Francis calls on the international community to help Pakistan, where deadly floods have killed more than 1,000 people. The Argentine pontiff appeals for “generous international solidarity”, and says he was praying for the victims. His comments come as he visited the city of L’Aquila in central Italy, which was hit by an earthquake that killed more than 300 people in 2009.