London (AFP) – Images of sunrise in London on Tuesday as the UK faces another day of soaring temperatures. In Britain, forecasters said the current national record of 38.7 degrees Celsius (102 degrees Fahrenheit) could be broken and 40C breached for the first time, with experts blaming climate change and predicting more frequent extreme weather to come. IMAGES
Kailua Kona (United States) (AFP) – Massive waves crash an outdoor wedding reception in Kailua-Kona, on Hawaii’s Big island, amid a tropical storm.
United Nations (United States) (AFP) – Britain’s Prince Harry addresses the United Nations General Assembly at its annual celebration of Nelson Mandela International Day. “As we sit here today our world is on fire,” says Prince Harry.
Lima (AFP) – On July 18, 1992, a university professor and nine students from Lima’s La Cantuta University were abducted, tortured, and killed by a military death squad for allegedly being members of the Shining Path leftist guerrilla group.
Juli (Peru) (AFP) – Wearing traditional multilayered “pollera” skirts and long braids, female farmers on the outskirts of Peru’s highland city of Puno take to the pitch to train for a local football competition.
Port Klang (Malaysia) (AFP) – Malaysian customs officials say they have seized a stash of rare animal parts worth $18 million thought to have come from Africa, including elephant tusks, rhino horns and pangolin scales.
New York (AFP) – Baseball is the United States’ national pastime, but in New York, a cricket club is celebrating 150 years not out, thanks to the city’s large immigrant communities.
Ubud (Indonesia) (AFP) – Thousands of people gather for a laughter yoga session on Indonesia’s resort island of Bali to heal themselves with giggles and prayers for world peace.
Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky sacks his chief prosecutor and the head of the country’s security agency amid a high number of cases of suspected treason by Ukrainian law enforcement officials.
Fort Lauderdale (United States) (AFP) – Images of the Fort Lauderdale courthouse where Nikolas Cruz, a young man who gunned down 17 people at his former high school in Parkland, Florida, goes on trial, with jurors set to hand down either the death penalty or a life sentence.
