Gas attack hits Syria.
A Syrian child receives treatment after a chemical attack at a field hospital in Saraqib, Syria, on Tuesday. At least 100 people, including many minors, were killed, according to groups who monitor the war, and over 100 more were wounded.
(Stringer/EPA) (EPA)
Possible ‘act of terror’ in Sweden.
Police guard the scene where a truck crashed into a high-end store in Stockholm on Friday. Initial reports said as many as five people were killed in the attack, and Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said that it appeared to be an “act of terror.”
(Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP/Getty Images)
Protests in Venezuela.
Demonstrators clash with security forces during an opposition rally in Caracas on Tuesday. A recent Supreme Court ruling to temporarily shutter the country’s legislature has capped a string of events signalling the possible collapse of the country’s government. The move was quickly reversed after global controversy.
(Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters)
Indonesia targets illegal fishing.
The Indonesian government destroyed dozens of foreign boats that had been caught illegally fishing in the country’s waters on Saturday. The country has some of the world’s richest fishing grounds, and it has estimated that illegal fishing has cost it billions of dollars each year.
(Antara Foto/Izaac Mulyawan/Reuters)
Afghanistan takes a stand against opium.
An Afghan security official stands guard as others destroy a poppy field in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, on Tuesday. Raw opium can be processed into heroin. Afghanistan is listed as the world’s largest opium producer.
(Ghulamullah Habibi/EPA)
U.S. and Gulf militaries end month-long drills.
Soldiers from the United States, Kuwait, and other Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries participate in the concluding drill of the wide-scale Eagle Resolve 2017 military exercise at Shuwaikh Port, west of Kuwait City on Thursday. About 1,000 U.S. military personnel supported the month-long exercise, which included a series of tactical demonstrations of land, maritime and air forces from several nations.
(Yasser Al-Zayyat/AFP/Getty Images)
Camilla goes to Italy.
Britain’s Camilla Parker Bowles, Duchess of Cornwall, admires a dress as she visits Pitti Palace in downtown Florence, Italy, on Monday. She also met with Holocaust survivors in Vienna this week and later with the Pope at the Vatican.
(Tony Gentile/Reuters)
‘The Happiest 5K on the Planet.’
Participants lie down on a street covered by coloured powder during the annual Bangkok Color Run in Bangkok, on Saturday. The Colour Run, also known as the Happiest 5K on the Planet, is a “paint race” that takes place in more than 35 countries.
(Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)
Palestinians hit the seas again.
Palestinian fishermen pull out a catch of stingrays onto a beach overlooking the Mediterranean sea, in Gaza City on Thursday. Hamas allowed fishermen out to sea again on Thursday after having previously barred exits by sea following the March 24 assassination of leader Mazen Faqha, which it blamed on the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad and its Palestinian “collaborators.”
(Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images)
Strumbellas surprise at The Junos.
The Strumbellas joke around with photographers at the Juno awards show on Sunday in Ottawa. In a surprise victory on Saturday, the group’s song Spirits won single of the year, beating favourites like Drake’s One Dance.
(Justin Tang/The Canadian Press)
O’Reilly under fire.
Despite the sexual harassment controversy swirling around Fox News and its host Bill O’Reilly, this ad featuring O’Reilly saying “Nobody moves this man” was spotted at News Corporation headquarters on Wednesday in New York City.
(Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
North Carolina triumphs.
North Carolina Tar Heels guard Joel Berry II (2) cuts a piece of the net after beating the Gonzaga Bulldogs in the championship game of the 2017 NCAA Men’s Final Four at University of Phoenix Stadium on Monday. The team won its sixth championship with a 71-65 victory.
(Robert Deutsch/USA Today Sports/Reuters)
The world stands with Russia.
A man rides bicycle across Israel’s Tel Aviv city hall building as it is illuminated in solidarity with Russia after the blast in the St. Petersburg metro on Monday. Up to 11 people were killed in the explosion and 45 others were injured.
(Baz Ratner/Reuters)
U.S. retaliates against Syrian gas attack.
Guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) launches a tomahawk land attack missile in the Mediterranean Sea on Friday. It was part of the United States’ barrage of cruise missiles in fiery retaliation against a Syrian airbase for an earlier gruesome chemical weapons attack against civilians.
(Ford Williams/Courtesy U.S. Navy/Handout/Reuters)
