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Family and friends of 35-year-old Anna Protsenko, who was killed in a Russian rocket attack, walk to a cemetery for her burial, during her funeral procession, on the outskirts of Pokrovsk, eastern Ukraine, Monday, July 18, 2022. Protsenko was killed two days after coming home. She had done what authorities wanted, evacuating eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region as Russian forces move closer, but starting a new life elsewhere was uncomfortable and expensive. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

'The money is gone': Evacuated Ukrainians forced to return

Tens of thousands of people who evacuated from Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region are returning to homes close to the front line because they can’t afford to live in safer places. They are risking … more

By CARA ANNA | 7/25/22

Pope Francis meets the Canadian Indigenous people as he arrives at Edmonton's International airport, Canada, Sunday, July 24, 2022. Pope Francis begins a weeklong trip to Canada on Sunday to apologize to Indigenous peoples for the abuses committed by Catholic missionaries in the country's notorious residential schools. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope set for historic apology for school abuses in Canada

A day after arriving in Canada, Pope Francis is scheduled to go to the small Alberta prairie town of Maskwacis to deliver a historic apology. He'll apologize for abuses and cultural repression of … more

By PETER SMITH | 7/25/22

A view of a burnt house following a forest fire near the beach resort of Vatera, on the eastern Aegean island of Lesbos, on Sunday, July 24, 2022. A fire that broke Saturday morning on the Greek island of Lesbos prompted authorities to call for the evacuation of the Vatera resort on the south side of the island. (AP Photo/Panagiotis Balaskas)

Fire damages homes in southern Greece; more blazes active

Α major fire has broken out in southern Greece, burning homes in villages not far from the famous archaeological site of Ancient Olympia. The fire broke out Sunday afternoon south of Ancient … more

By DEMETRIS NELLAS | 7/24/22

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro speaks during a rally to launch his reelection bid, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, July 24, 2022. Brazil's general elections are scheduled for Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

Bolsonaro kicks off presidential bid at party convention

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has made official his bid to run for reelection in October, giving him three months to close a double-digit gap in the polls to secure victory. The Liberal … more

By DAVID BILLER and DÉBORA ÁLVARES | 7/24/22

Crew of the Sea-Watch 3 distribute life jackets to 108 people in a boat in distress in the central Mediterranean on Saturday, July 23, 2022. Ships in the Mediterranean Sea have rescued over 1,100 people struggling to reach Europe in rickety smugglers boats and found five bodies. The Italian Coast Guard says Sunday that Italian vessels recovered the bodies Saturday as it rescued 674 people packed on a fishing boat adrift in the Mediterranean off the Libyan coast. (Nora Boerding/Sea-Watch via AP)

Mediterranean ships find 5 dead, rescue over 1,100 migrants

Ships in the Mediterranean Sea have rescued over 1,100 people struggling to reach Europe in rickety smugglers' boats and found five bodies. The Italian Coast Guard said Sunday that Italian vessels … more

7/24/22

This long exposure image shows the eruption of volcano Sakurajima Sunday night, July 24, 2022, in the view from Tarumizu city, Japan's southern prefecture of Kagoshima. Japan’s Meteorological Agency said a volcano on Japan’s southern main island of Kyushu erupted Sunday night, spewing ash and volcanic rocks, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries in nearby towns. (Kyodo News via AP)

South Japan's Sakurajima volcano erupts, no damage reported

A volcano on Japan’s main southern island of Kyushu has erupted, spewing ash and rocks into the night sky. There are no immediate reports of damage or injuries in nearby towns but residents were … more

7/24/22

Revelers dance as they take part in the annual pride march in Berlin, Germany, Saturday, July 23, 2022. Draped in rainbow flags, around 150,000 people were marching for LGBTQ rights at Berlin's annual Christopher Street Day celebration. Berlin police gave the crowd estimate on Saturday afternoon but said the number could grow into the evening. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

2 apparent homophobic attacks reported after Berlin Pride

Police say two apparent homophobic attacks have been reported following Berlin’s annual pro-LGBTQ Christopher Street Day celebration. In one incident on Saturday, three teenagers were confronted by … more

By EMILY SCHULTHEIS | 7/24/22

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, the Long March 5B Y3 carrier rocket, carrying Wentian lab module blasts off from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in Wenchang in southern China's Hainan Province Sunday, July 24, 2022. On a hot Sunday afternoon, with a large crowd of amateur photographers and space enthusiasts watching, China launched the Wentian lab module from tropical Hainan Island. (Li Gang/Xinhua via AP)

China launches one of 2 lab modules to join space station

China has launched one of two laboratory modules to complete its permanent orbiting space station. The Wentian was launched from tropical Hainan Island with a large crowd of amateur photographers and … more

7/24/22

In this photo provided by the Odesa City Hall Press Office, firefighters put out a fire in a port after a Russian missiles attack in Odesa, Ukraine, Saturday, June 5, 2022. (Odesa City Hall Press Office via AP)

Russia says strike on Ukrainian port hit military targets

Russian defense ministry officials are insisting that an airstrike on the port of Odesa — less than a day after Russia and Ukraine signed an agreement on resuming grain shipments from there — hit … more

By SUSIE BLANN | 7/24/22

FILE - In this handout photo released by Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov attends a joint news conference with Hungary's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto following their talks in Moscow, Russia, on July 21, 2022. Lavrov landed in Cairo late Saturday, July 23, 2022, the first leg of his Africa trip that will also include stops in Ethiopia, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to Russia’s state-run RT.(Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service via AP, File)

Russia FM visits Egypt, part of Africa trip amid Ukraine war

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is in Cairo Sunday for talks with Egyptian officials as his country seeks to break diplomatic isolation and sanctions by the West over its invasion of Ukraine. … more

BY SAMY MAGDY | 7/24/22

FILE - Elmer Waniandy raises the crucifix as he leads his fellow parishioner into the rededicated and newly renovated Sacred Heart Church of the First Peoples sanctuary, July 17, 2022, in Edmonton, Alberta. Pope Francis’ trip to Canada, which begins Sunday July 24, 2022, to apologize for the horrors of church-run Indigenous residential schools marks a radical rethink of the Catholic Church’s missionary legacy in the Americas, spurred on by the first American pope and the discovery of hundreds of unmarked graves at the school sites. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski, File)

Pope heads to Canada as Indigenous groups seek full apology

Pope Francis has begun a fraught visit to Canada to apologize to Indigenous peoples for abuses by missionaries at residential schools. The trip is a key step in the Catholic Church’s efforts to … more

By NICOLE WINFIELD | 7/24/22

Members of the Russian Folk Dance Ensemble of Adygea perform during the World Nomads Fashion festival Issyk-Kul 2022, at Cholpon-Ata, a resort town on the northern shore of Lake Issyk-Kul, 207 kilometers (129 miles) east of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Friday, July 22, 2022. On the shore of one of the world's largest lakes, high up in Kyrgyzstan's Tian Shan mountains, models strutted and sashayed in outfits mixing the ancient and modern at the World Nomads Fashion festival. (AP Photo/Vladimir Voronin)

Nomad fashion show mixes ancient, modern

On the shore of one of the world’s deepest lakes, high up in Kyrgyzstan’s Tian Shan mountains, models strut and sashay in outfits mixing the ancient and modern at the World Nomads Fashion … more

7/24/22

A Palestinian boy inspects the damage to a house after Palestinian gunmen were killed in an early morning Israeli military raid in the Old City of Nablus in the West Bank, Sunday, July 24, 2022. Israeli troops shot and killed two Palestinians Sunday, the Palestinian rescue service said, as the Israeli military said it confronted armed men during overnight operations in the West Bank. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Palestinians: Israeli forces kill 2 in West Bank gun battle

Israeli police say troops and special forces engaged in an hours-long gun battle with armed Palestinians in the occupied West Bank on Sunday. The Palestinian rescue service said Israeli forces killed … more

7/24/22

A firefighter tries to extinguishes a forest fire near the beach resort of Vatera, on the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos, Greece, Saturday, July 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis)

Greece battles 4 major wildfires; hotels, homes evacuated

Greece’s fire service was fighting four major fires across the country, including one where they had to evacuate over 450 people from an island holiday resort. A fire that broke Saturday morning on … more

By DEMETRIS NELLAS | 7/23/22

Revelers march down the Leipziger Strasse street on the Leipziger Platz square during the annual pride march in the German capital Berlin, Saturday, July 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

150,000 people march for LGBTQ rights in Berlin

Draped in rainbow flags, around 150,000 people were marching for LGBTQ rights at Berlin’s annual Christopher Street Day celebration. Berlin police gave the crowd estimate on Saturday afternoon but … more

7/23/22

A truck drives through a flooded road after a heavy rainfall in Karachi, Pakistan, Monday, July 11, 2022. The death toll from rain-related incidents over the past month has risen to over 140 as monsoon rains continue to lash Pakistan, triggering flash floods in some parts of the country, officials said. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

Pakistan death toll from monsoon rains, flooding reaches 304

Pakistani authorities say the death toll from more than five weeks of monsoon rains and flash flooding across the country has reached 304. The government said on Saturday that the volatile, … more

7/23/22

FILE - Muslim pilgrims walk around the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque, during the annual hajj pilgrimage, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on July 10, 2022. Police in Mecca say they have arrested a Saudi man who helped an Israeli-Jewish reporter sneak into the city, defying a rule that only Muslims can enter the area that is home to Islam's holiest site. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

Saudi police arrest man who helped Israeli sneak into Mecca

Police in Mecca say they have arrested a Saudi man who helped an Israeli-Jewish reporter sneak into Islam's holiest city where only Muslim are allowed to enter. Saudi police late Friday announced the … more

By ABDULLAH AL-SHIHRI and AYA BATRAWY | 7/23/22

FILE - President of the Metis community, Cassidy Caron, second left, and other delegates arrive to speak to the media in St. Peter's Square after their meeting with Pope Francis at The Vatican, March 28, 2022. Pope Francis’ trip to Canada, which begins Sunday July 24, 2022, to apologize for the horrors of church-run Indigenous residential schools marks a radical rethink of the Catholic Church’s missionary legacy in the Americas, spurred on by the first American pope and the discovery of hundreds of unmarked graves at the school sites. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)

Pope's Indigenous tour signals a rethink of mission legacy

Pope Francis’ trip to Canada to apologize for the horrors of church-run Indigenous residential schools marks a radical rethink of the Catholic Church’s missionary legacy in the Americas. Francis … more

By NICOLE WINFIELD | 7/23/22

FILE - Villagers gather during a visit by United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths, in the village of Lomoputh in northern Kenya, May 12, 2022. Griffiths visited the area on Thursday to see the effects of the drought which the U.N. says is a severe climate-induced humanitarian emergency in the Horn of Africa. More than 50 million people in the wider East African region are expected to face acute food insecurity this year, a regional bloc said Friday July 22, 2022, warning that some 300,000 in Somalia and South Sudan are projected to be under full-blown famine conditions. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, File)

East Africa bloc says 50 million face acute food insecurity

More than 50 million people in the wider East African region are expected to face acute food insecurity this year, a regional bloc said Friday, warning that some 300,000 in Somalia and South Sudan … more

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA and DESMOND TIRO | 7/22/22

In this photo provided by Israel Fire and Rescue Services, Israeli firemen and rescuers work in a sinkhole formed in a swimming pool in Karmi Yosef, Israel, Thursday, July 21, 2022. Israeli police say they placed a couple under house arrest, a day after a man attending a party at their villa died after being sucked into a sinkhole that formed at the bottom of their swimming pool. The incident happened during a private party the couple hosted at their house in the town of Karmi Yosef, 40 kilometers (25 miles) southeast of Tel Aviv. (Israeli Fire and Rescue Services via AP)

Israeli couple arrested after man dies in pool sinkhole

Israeli police say they placed a couple under house arrest, a day after a man attending a party at their villa died after being sucked into a sinkhole that formed at the bottom of their swimming … more

7/22/22