Midpines (United States) (AFP) – A helicopter carrying a water bucket flies through plumes of smoke rising from a forest near Midpines, northeast of Mariposa, California. The Oak Fire broke out Friday near Yosemite National Park, where giant sequoias have already been threatened by flames in recent days.
Athens (AFP) – In the grip of a heatwave with temperatures set to rise to 42 degrees Celsius (107 degrees Fahrenheit), tourists in Athens try to stay cool without missing out on the Greek capital city’s main attractions.
Green Bay (United States) (AFP) – Erling Haaland launched his Manchester City career with a goal as Pep Guardiola’s men beat Bayern Munich 1-0 in a weather-disrupted friendly at Lambeau Field in Wisconsin on Saturday.
Odessa (Ukraine) (AFP) – “Putin promised that they wouldn’t bomb and agreed they’d give safe passage so they could get the grain out – but what does he do, he bombs” says one Odessa resident after Russian missiles hit the Ukraine port. Kyiv called the attack a “spit in the face” of a day-old deal between the warring sides to resume cereal exports blocked by the conflict, and help ease a growing global food crisis.
Geneva (AFP) – The World Health Organization declares the monkeypox outbreak, which has affected nearly 16,000 people in 72 countries, to be a global health emergency — the highest alarm it can sound. He says that the “outbreak that can be stopped with the right strategies in the right groups.”
Washington (AFP) – President Joe Biden’s symptoms have “improved” and his key vital signs, including blood pressure, remain normal, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre tells reporters, a day after the 79-year-old US leader tested positive for Covid.
Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – President Volodymyr 32F92UQ between Ukraine and Russia aimed at unblocking Ukrainian Black Sea grain exports and alleviating a global food crisis.
Mokopane (South Africa) (AFP) – Pierre Bester is among the first specialist rhino veterinarians in South Africa. His work over the years, alongside the Rhino Orphanage in the Waterberg region of Limpopo, includes rehabilitating and rewilding many orphan rhinos.
Colombo (AFP) – Hundreds of Sri Lankan soldiers and police raided the main anti-government protest camp in the capital early Friday and began tearing down tents of unarmed activists.
Washington (AFP) – ‘I don’t want to say the election’s over,’ former US president Donald Trump says in outtakes from his speech given after the January 6 riot. The footage was presented by a bipartisan panel of US lawmakers.
