Photos: France, Spain battle ‘monster’ wildfires as more heat looms
France and Spain are battling vast wildfires that have forced more than 325,000 people to flee, as a new heatwave looms.
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Mourners gather in Tehran's Revolution Square for the funeral procession of slain Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei [Altaf Qadri/AP Photo]
The coffins of Khamenei and his family members are driven through Tehran. [IRIB via Reuters]
The procession in Tehran will be followed by similar events in the clerical hub of Qom on July 7, 2026, and in Iraq’s holy cities of Najaf and Karbala on July 8, 2026, culminating in Khamenei’s burial in his hometown of Mashhad the next day. [Murad Sezer/Reuters]
People gather at Ferdowsi Square in Tehran for the funeral procession. [Wakil Kohsar/AFP]
A member of the security forces stands guard as people gather for the procession. [Wakil Kohsar/AFP]
Men take a selfie as they wait for the procession to begin. [Atta Kenare/AFP]
A woman holds a portrait of Khamenei as people gather for the procession. [Wakil Kohsar/AFP]
Mourners hold portraits of Iran's new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, Ali Khamenei's son, as they gather in Tehran's Revolution Square. [Altaf Qadri/AP Photo]
The truck carrying Ali Khamenei's coffin makes its way through the crowds during the procession in Tehran. [Vahid Salemi/AP Photo]
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A worker wearing an RGB camera on her head, recording actions through motion capture while arranging coloured blocks at AI data company Objectways' office in Tamil Nadu's Karur district, India. [R Satish Babu/AFP]
Workers wearing cameras on their heads inside a factory in Tamil Nadu's Karur district. [R Satish Babu/AFP]
A worker wearing a camera on his head while folding towels inside a model bathroom at AI data company Objectways' office in Karur. [R Satish Babu/AFP]
Developers think feeding first-person footage, called "egocentric data", into specialised AI models will help robots copy humans. [R Satish Babu/AFP]
Some AI trainers work at home, others in factories or specialised studios, using video glasses, head-mounted cameras and motion sensors. [R Satish Babu/AFP]
India has positioned itself as a global middleman for the creation, processing and annotation of AI data. [R Satish Babu/AFP]
Workers wear cameras on their heads at a factory in Tamil Nadu. [R Satish Babu/AFP]
A worker stands next to a robot at Objectways' office. [R Satish Babu/AFP]
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Anti-immigrant protesters clash with police at Antrim Road in Belfast. [Isabel Infantes/Reuters]
Riot police watch protesters near Newtownabbey, in Belfast. [Peter Morrison/AP Photo]
Police stand guard during protests near a hotel north of Belfast. [Charles McQuillan/Getty Images]
Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) Chief Constable Jon Boutcher says an additional 200 officers were on the streets on Wednesday. [Henry Nicholls/AFP]
Politicians from all sides in Northern Ireland’s government have condemned the violence. [Isabel Infantes/Reuters]
Police attempt to clear protesters near Newtownabbey in Belfast. [Peter Morrison/AP Photo]
Police block a road to stop anti-immigrant protesters. [Isabel Infantes/Reuters]
Protesters set fire to a barricade as police block Belfast's Antrim Road. [PA Images via Getty Images]
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A protester is arrested by anti-riot police during a demonstration against a proposed Ebola quarantine centre at Laikipia Air Base in Nanyuki, Kenya [Brian Inganga/AP Photo]
People confront Kenyan police during protests against a controversial US-built Ebola quarantine centre in Nanyuki. [Luis Tato/AFP]
Protesters carry a mock coffin as they march in Nanyuki. [Luis Tato/AFP]
A Kenyan police officer fires tear gas during clashes with protesters. [Luis Tato/AFP]
Kenya has never recorded a case of Ebola and many oppose the idea of bringing potential carriers of the disease into the country. [Monicah Mwangi/Reuters]
Police officers take cover during protests in Nanyuki. [Brian Inganga/AP Photo]
People gesture near the body of a person killed during protests against the proposed US Ebola quarantine centre. [Brian Inganga/AP Photo]
Police officers detain a protester. [Monicah Mwangi/Reuters]
Protesters arrested by anti-riot police during in Nanyuki. [Brian Inganga/AP Photo]
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Rescue workers conduct an operation at a collapsed building in General Santos City, the Philippines [Ferdinandh Cabrera/AFP]
Collapsed buildings in General Santos City. [Handout via Reuters]
The quake on Monday is the strongest to hit the Philippines this year. [Ferdinandh Cabrera/AFP]
People on motorcycles pass by a collapsed building in General Santos. [AP Photo]
Several low-rise buildings collapsed or sustained heavy damage. [Emil Elbert P. Prudente/EPA]
The epicentre of the earthquake was offshore near Mindanao, the second most populous island in the Philippine archipelago. [Emil Elbert P. Prudente/EPA]
A dog is seen outside a collapsed Jollibee fast food restaurant next to a church in General Santos City. [Daniel Ceng/Anadolu]
People injured in the earthquake receive medical treatment at a hospital in General Santos. [Daniel Ceng/Anadolu]
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Pope Leo XIV arrives in the popemobile at Plaza de Cibeles for a Holy Mass and Corpus Christi procession in Madrid, Spain [Bernat Armangue/AP Photo]
Pope Leo XIV arrives to preside over Mass marking the Catholic feast of Corpus Christi in Plaza de Cibeles in Madrid. [Alessandra Tarantino/AP Photo]
Waiting for Pope Leo at Plaza de Cibeles. [Andrea Comas/AP Photo]
Leo arrived in Spain on Saturday and urged its people to put an end to polarisation and to work for unity. [Alessandra Tarantino/AP Photo]
Mass was held on the Catholic Corpus Domini feast day. [Andrea Comas/AP Photo]
For Sunday’s Mass and procession, local organisers said 1.2 million people turned out with more trying to get in. [Manu Fernandez/AP Photo]
Pope Leo XIV presides over Mass marking the Catholic feast of Corpus Christi in Plaza de Cibeles in Madrid. [Alessandra Tarantino/AP Photo]
Pope Leo XIV takes part in a procession at Plaza de Cibeles. [Andrea Comas/AP Photo]
Pope Leo holds Mass marking the Catholic feast of Corpus Christi at Plaza de Cibeles in Madrid. [Manu Fernandez/AP Photo]
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A police officer extinguishes a burning barricade in Nanyuki, Kenya. [Andrew Kasuku/AP Photo]
The protests on Monday came two days after Kenya’s High Court suspended the establishment of the facility and arrival of any foreign patients. [Andrew Kasuku/AP Photo]
Kenyan soldiers patrol as protesters rally against the proposed centre. [Andrew Kasuku/AP Photo]
Health Minister Aden Duale said that the quarantine centre is for 'everyone' and not exclusively for US nationals. [Andrew Kasuku/AP Photo]
Protesters in Nanyuki. [Andrew Kasuku/AP Photo]
Local leaders, including Laikipia Governor Joshua Irungu, told journalists they oppose an Ebola quarantine centre. [Andrew Kasuku/AP Photo]
Anti-riot police stand by as protesters rally in Nanyuki. [Andrew Kasuku/AP Photo]
A protester with a Kenyan flag near a burning barricade. [Andrew Kasuku/AP Photo]
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A man wearing traditional dress marches with a Serbian flag as antigovernment protesters throw flares at riot police in Belgrade. [Armin Durgut/AP Photo]
An antigovernment protester taunts riot police in Belgrade during a rally led by students who are pushing for political change in Serbia. [Armin Durgut/AP Photo]
Riot police advance to disperse antigovernment protesters. [Darko Vojinovic/AP Photo]
Clashes were first reported near a camp of Vucic loyalists in a park outside the Serbian presidency building. [Armin Durgut/AP Photo]
Plainclothes police detain an antigovernment protester in Belgrade. [Darko Vojinovic/AP Photo]
The Serbian president has come under international scrutiny for his hardline tactics against demonstrators over the past year. [Darko Vojinovic/AP Photo]
Large crowds of demonstrators pour into central Belgrade. [Darko Vojinovic/AP Photo]
The rally in Belgrade was the latest in more than a year of antigovernment demonstrations that began after the collapse of a railway station canopy killed 16 people in Novi Sad on November 1, 2024. [Armin Durgut/AP Photo]
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Kenyan security forces arrest a person during a protest against the increase in fuel prices in Nairobi [Lucas Mukasa/Anadolu]
A riot police officer fires at protesters during a strike by public transport operators driven by rising fuel costs, in Githurai area of Nairobi. [Monicah Mwangi/Reuters]
The strike was launched on Monday by transport operators in response to the latest sharp fuel price hike. [Monicah Mwangi/Reuters]
Kenyan police use tear gas to disperse protesters during the second day of protests in Githurai, Nairobi. [Daniel Irungu/EPA]
Kenyan police detain protesters in Githurai. [Daniel Irungu/EPA]
Rights groups condemned the use of lethal force by security forces. [Daniel Irungu/EPA]
Police said on Tuesday that more than 700 people had been arrested in connection with the violent protests. [Daniel Irungu/EPA]
A motorcycle taxi rides through coloured tear gas as riot police disperse protesters. [Monicah Mwangi/Reuters]
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Women protest against President Rodrigo Paz's government in El Alto, Bolivia, on May 16 [Claudia Morales/Reuters]
Riot police officers stand guard during clashes with protesters in Lipari, La Paz. [Aizar Raldes/AFP]
A demonstrator wearing a face mask holds a rock as tear gas spreads behind him in El Alto, Bolivia, on May 16. [Claudia Morales/Reuters]
Protesters stand next to burning tyres as they demonstrate against President Rodrigo Paz's government in El Alto, Bolivia, on May 16. [Claudia Morales/Reuters]
Riot police fire tear gas at blocking a road in Lipari, La Paz. [Aizar Raldes/AFP]
Tear gas fills the streets in El Alto, Bolivia, as protesters rally on May 16. [Claudia Morales/Reuters]
People on bikes ride around barricades set up by protesters on the highway connecting La Paz with Oruro, near El Alto, Bolivia, on May 16. [Juan Karita/AP Photo]
Police and army vehicles patrol a highway blocked by antigovernment protesters near El Alto, Bolivia, on May 16. [Juan Karita/AP Photo]
Trucks line up on the highway connecting La Paz with Oruro on May 16, amid roadblocks set up by antigovernment protesters. [Juan Karita/AP Photo]
Men detained by police sit on the ground in Lipari, Bolivia, as government forces carry out a crackdown on May 16. [Claudia Morales/Reuters]
Police officers arrest a person during protests on May 16 in Lipari, Bolivia, as the government pushes to clear vital roadways near La Paz. [Claudia Morales/Reuters]
Protesters in Bolivia have been orchestrating roadblocks for weeks, in a sign of frustration with President Rodrigo Paz's government. [Claudia Morales/Reuters]
Remote-controlled riot-control robots are deployed in Plaza Murillo near government buildings in La Paz on May 16. [AFP]
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