Thingvellir (Iceland) (AFP) – Located on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between the North American and Eurasian continental plates, Iceland’s Silfra rift is one of the world’s most famous dive sites, popular with tourists who venture into its freezing waters in summer and winter alike.
Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – In his nightly address, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says that the UN and the Red Cross “must react” and “protect the lives of hundreds of Ukrainian prisoners of war.” This call follows the shelling of a prison in the separatist-controlled east that had claimed more than 50 lives. (COMPLETES VIDI32FP46V_EN)
Idlib (Syria) (AFP) – Timelapse images show the Milky Way galaxy glimmering in the night sky as it eerily lights up the town of al-Nayrab, in Syria’s northwestern Idlib region, on the frontline between regime forces and rebel fighters. of the Milky Way over Syria’s Idlib
Sydney (AFP) – Kate Bush fans dress in red and dance together, paying homage to the iconic artist’s 1978 track Wuthering Heights. The event went ahead for the first time since 2019 after COVID-19 restrictions were lifted. “I’ve been looking forward to this for a couple of years… really excited to get back into it today,” said Kate Bush enthusiast Sharbill Lahood.
Iqaluit (Canada) (AFP) – Pope Francis ended his trip to Canada Friday as he began — by apologizing to Indigenous survivors of Catholic-run schools where for decades children were abused, after meeting with Inuit people in the Canadian Arctic.
Panama City (AFP) – Mili the dog sniffs suitcases at a Panama dog training centre as she trains to start her new job working in the Central American country’s customs. Just six months before, Mili was discovered in a shipping container that had crossed the Atlantic.
Iqaluit (Canada) (AFP) – Pope Francis meets people in the primary school of Iqaluit, in the Canadian Arctic, in the final stop of a landmark tour apologizing for the Church’s role in Catholic-run school where Indigenous children were abused.
Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky calls Friday’s bombardment of a prison in eastern Ukraine a “deliberate Russian war crime”, which he says killed “more than 50.”
Iqaluit (Canada) (AFP) – Pope Francis arrives at Iqaluit Airport, in the capital of Canada’s Nunavut, on his final stop in a landmark tour apologizing for the abuse of Indigenous children in Catholic-run schools.
Iqaluit (Canada) (AFP) – Pope Francis arrives at Iqaluit Airport, in the capital of Canada’s Nunavut, on his final stop in a landmark tour apologizing for the abuse of Indigenous children in Catholic-run schools.
