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London (AFP) – Preparations are underway in London’s Westminster, with media risers being built and barriers being put up, ahead of the funeral service of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey on September 19. The Queen will first be driven to Buckingham Palace on Tuesday, then transferred to Westminster Hall on Wednesday, where she will lie in state for four days ahead of the service, allowing mourners to pay their last respects. IMAGES

Hillsborough (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Images of Hillsborough castle in Northern Ireland ahead of the visit of King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla. In a show of national togetherness as he embarks on his kingship — a role for which he has spent a lifetime preparing — Charles has pledged to visit all four nations of the United Kingdom. IMAGES

Bangkok (AFP) – There’s no crunch or crackle, but crickets are on the menu at one Bangkok pop-up serving fusion bug burgers, demonstrating the latest way to incorporate the protein-rich meat into food — direct from Thailand’s farms.

Hong Kong (AFP) – Crowds of Hong Kongers queued in sweltering heat on Monday to pay tribute to Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, some expressing nostalgia for the city’s colonial past at a time when China is seeking to purge dissent.

Fiumicino (Italy) (AFP) – Pope Francis, warned by doctors not to travel to Ukraine in the immediate future, embarks on a three-day trip to Kazakhstan instead to bear a message of peace. Images of the Argentine pope in a wheelchair as he boards the plane at Fiumicino, Italy.

Nairobi (AFP) – Thousands of William Ruto supporters dance and chant at Moi Sports Centre Stadium in Nairobi before he’s sworn in as Kenya’s fifth president.

Edinburgh (AFP) – People queuing in front of St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh to file past the queen’s coffin early in the morning.

Stanwell Park (Australia) (AFP) – Australia’s crafty sulphur-crested cockatoos appear to have entered an “innovation arms race” with humans, scientists say, as the two species spar over the rubbish in roadside bins. In Stanwell Park, a beachside suburb south of Sydney, the large white birds have been using their newfound ability to challenge locals’ protections of their bins, as a new study shows the birds are thwarting the escalating defences of fed-up humans.

London (AFP) – People remove the plastic wrapping around the thousands of bouquets of flowers laid around Buckingham Palace in tribute to Queen Elizabeth II, who died on Thursday at the age of 96. Officials have been asking well-wishers to refrain from leaving plastic, teddy bears or candles to avoid polluting the site.

Van Horn (United States) (AFP) – Images show the moment a Blue Origin capsule fires emergency thrusters to separate from its booster rocket, around a minute after launching from Blue Origin’s base in west Texas. An uncrewed Blue Origin rocket carrying research payloads crashed shortly after liftoff on Monday, but the capsule carrying experiments escaped and floated safely back to Earth, Jeff Bezos’ space company said. Images of the rocket crashing are not shown in the footage made available by the company.