Aerial view of a fire in the Amazon rainforest near the northern Brazilian city of Labrea on September 4, 2024 – Copyright AFP/File MICHAEL DANTASThe area of Amazon rainforest lost to fires in Brazil in July fell 65 percent compared to a year ago, the MapBiomas monitoring platform said Wednesday, bo
Svitlana Ostapenko prepares a cross and wreaths for the funeral of a soldier – Copyright AFP Florent VERGNESFlorent VERGNESAt a funeral home in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy, Svitlana Ostapenko paced around as she prepared the dead for their final journey.After five years of working in the
Activists, independent journalists, and relatives of political prisoners in Cuba said they were briefly detained or prevented from leaving their homes by state security agents on the anniversary of the \”Maleconazo,\” the only protest Fidel Castro faced while he ruled the island – Copyright AFP/File A
The spectacle launched Amsterdam\’s five-day maritime festival – Copyright AFP/File Ebrahim HamidStéphanie HAMELTall ships from around the world paraded up the North Sea Canal into Amsterdam on Wednesday, with crews from Peru, Uruguay, Germany and France waving from their decks as crowds cheered alon
