Week in pictures: From protests in Argentina to an oil spill in Singapore
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Muslim pilgrims converge on Mount Arafat for holiest day of Hajj | Religion News
Muslims from around the world have converged on a sacred hill near Mecca in Saudi Arabia for the holiest day of the annual Hajj pilgrimage. The ritual at Mount Arafat, known as the hill of mercy, is often the most memorable for pilgrims, who stand shoulder to shoulder, feet to…
Photos: State of ‘catastrophe’ as downpours hit Chile | Weather News
Heavy rains have battered southern and central Chile, killing one person and causing damage to hundreds of homes as authorities declared a state of catastrophe in several regions of the country. The person died in the southern city of Linares on Thursday when a street lamp post fell after hours-long…
Photos: Nomadic Muslims throng forest shrine in scenic Kashmir | Religion News
The road to the Baba Nagri forest shrine in Indian-administered Kashmir was a colourful spectacle. Tens of thousands of men in vibrant attire, henna-dyed beards and bright headgear thronged around the Muslim shrine nestled at the base of a mountain, to pay their respects last week. Worshippers raised their hands…
Photos: Female deminers step in to clear up Ukrainian land | Russia-Ukraine war
Deminer Tetiana Shpak crouched down in a once tranquil poppy-strewn field in southern Ukraine, now littered with Russian mines. Just a few years ago this scene would have been impossible – until 2018 women were banned from becoming deminers, a profession long considered too dangerous for them. “I did not…
Week in pictures: From Mexico’s new president to D-Day’s 80th commemoration
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Hospital overwhelmed with victims of Israeli attacks on central Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict
Gaza’s Government Media Office says an “Israeli massacre” at the Nuseirat refugee camp has killed 210 Palestinians and wounded more than 400. The Ministry of Health in Gaza said “large numbers” of killed and wounded on Saturday were arriving at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, the majority of them children and women….
Photos: World War II veterans honoured on D-Day’s 80th anniversary | The World Wars News
The United Kingdom’s King Charles has expressed “eternal admiration” to the Allied soldiers that reached France by sea and air to drive out Nazi forces, as world leaders and veterans celebrated the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings. “Let us pray such sacrifice will never be made again,” Charles said…
Climate crisis stings Nepal’s honey gatherers, threatens tradition | Climate Crisis
Aita Prasad Gurung dangles off a cliff in Nepal, carefully manipulating a long pole with a blade at its end to cut away chunks of honeycomb after Himalayan bees fled fumes from a fire set to drive them from their homes. The 40-year-old wear a white hat with a net…
War is over in Iraq, but it continues to claim victims | The Iraq War: 20 years on
More than five years after the defeat of ISIL (ISIS) and decades of conflict, Iraq remains scarred by war. A journey through the country is punctuated with checkpoints, with armed soldiers standing watch at every crossroads. In Mosul, the country’s second city and former capital for the ISIL group, children…