Rawalpindi (Pakistan) (AFP) – A zoo in Pakistan’s city of Rawalpindi has declared a “heatwave emergency” as temperatures soar in the South Asian nation. Caretakers rush to install air coolers and give ice blocks to the animals to help them battle the scorching sun.
Kigali (AFP) – Models from the LGBTQ+ community and Rwandans with disabilities strut their stuff for the Isano Fashion Show in Kigali as they mark International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia.
Tasmania (Australia) (AFP) – On the campaign trail, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison barrells into a young boy during a friendly kick around, eliciting a chorus of stunned “ooohs” and “aaaws” from spectators. Morrison was playing five-a-side soccer in northern Tasmania, where he is trawling for votes ahead of Saturday’s nail-biter election.
Maputo (AFP) – In the Mafalala museum, the Iverca association fights to preserve the history and culture of the oldest and most famous neighbourhood of Maputo. Formerly reserved for blacks during the colonial period, it is in this neighbourhood where all the country’s cultures mix. It is also where several of the main figures of the struggle for independence were born, starting with Samora Machel, the first Mozambican president, as well as many artists of the “revolution”, painters, writers, musicians.
Kharkiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – Gamlet Zinkivsky is a street art star in Ukraine. Back in his city of Kharkiv, he paints Molotov cocktails on wooden planks that cover broken windows after the fighting between the Russian and Ukrainian army, saying his art “inspires” the Ukrainian people to “fight and defend”.
Ankara (AFP) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has threatened to block Finland and Sweden from joining NATO, urges the alliance’s members to “respect” Ankara’s concerns regarding the two countries, which Turkey accuses of providing safe haven to terrorists. Erdogan has accused Stockholm of providing safe haven to members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and the People’s Protection Units (YPG) designated as terror groups by Ankara.
Vlorë (Albania) (AFP) – Stamped with the number 105, “The Storm” is the last surviving submarine from the Soviet Union’s “Project 603”, which was abandoned by Moscow in Albanian waters after a falling-out in 1961 with the Albanian communist dictator Enver Hoxha.
Sydorove (Ukraine) (AFP) – Outside 84-year-old Oleksiy’s cellar-turned-bomb shelter, Ukrainian firemen are braving the roads being pelted by advancing Russians.
Brussels (AFP) – NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg meets with Finland Ambassador to NATO Klaus Korhonen and Sweden Ambassador to NATO Axel Wernhoff as the two states formally submit applications to join the military alliance. IMAGES
Montevideo (AFP) – Strong winds and waves batter Uruguay’s capital Montevideo as subtropical cyclone Yakecan hits the South American country with gusts of up to 100 kilometres per hour.
