Photos: 7.4-magnitude earthquake rocks western Colombia
A powerful earthquake kills more than 69 people and topples buildings across western Colombia.
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A patch of burned forest as firefighters work to extinguish the Fontainebleau forest fire in Noisy-sur-Ecole. [Gauthier Bedrignans/EPA]
A fire engine sprays fire retardant to douse the Fontainebleau forest fire near Noisy-sur-Ecole in the Ile-de-France region of France. [Thomas Samson/AFP]
The blaze broke out on Sunday in the sprawling Fontainebleau forest. [Stephane Mahe/Reuters]
The wildfire spread rapidly across the UNESCO biosphere reserve, disrupting rail and road traffic during a busy long holiday weekend. [Emma Da Silva/AP Photo]
Firefighting helicopters collect water from a temporary reservoir established by firefighters and local farmers, in Fontainebleau. [Pierre Crom/Getty Images]
The scale of the fire prompted the deployment of four Canadair aircraft along with two Dash planes and three water-bombing helicopters. [Stephane Mahe/Reuters]
A Canadair aircraft drops water on the wildfire in the Fontainebleau forest region. [Emma Da Silva/AP Photo]
By nightfall on Monday, about 600 firefighters remained mobilised and were taking turns to fight the flames on the ground. [Stephane Mahe/Reuters]
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![Former emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani [Handout/The Amiri Diwan]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/01-2-1783842179.jpg?resize=570%2C380&quality=80)
Former Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani [Handout/Amiri Diwan]
Sheikh Hamad addresses the first meeting of his cabinet in Doha, Qatar, on October 30, 1996. [Reuters]
Sheikh Hamad meets with US President George W Bush at the White House in Washington, DC, on May 8, 2003, seven weeks after the Iraq War began. [Stephen J Boitano/LightRocket via Getty Images]
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono drives Sheikh Hamad and his wife Sheikha Moza bint Nasser during a visit to Jakarta on May 19, 2009. [Adek Berry/AFP]
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Sheikh Hamad meets Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva during a meeting on January 20, 2010, at Itamaraty Palace in Brasilia. [Handout via AFP]
Sheikh Hamad, accompanied by Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, just right of the emir, tours reconstruction efforts partially funded by Qatar on July 31, 2010, in the southern Lebanese town of Bint Jbeil, which witnessed some of the fiercest fighting in the 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah. [Mahmud Zayat/AFP]
Sheikh Hamad and Queen Elizabeth II make their way to Windsor Castle on October 26, 2010, in Windsor, England. [Dan Kitwood/WPA Pool via Getty Images]
Sheikh Hamad addresses the Millennium Development Goals Summit at UN headquarters in New York on September 20, 2010, to support the UN's drive to reduce poverty, hunger and disease and improve education and equality. [Emmanuel Dunand/AFP]
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, centre, escorts Sheikh Hamad and Sheikha Moza during a visit to Berlin on September 29, 2010. [Johannes Eisele/AFP]
Sheikh Hamad raises the World Cup trophy with Sheikha Moza after the announcement on December 2, 2010, at FIFA headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, that Qatar would host the 2022 World Cup. [Philippe Desmazes/AFP]
Sheikh Hamad and Sheikha Moza wave from a balcony of the Campidoglio, Rome's city hall, with Rome Mayor Gianni Alemanno and his wife, Isabella Rauti, during a visit on April 17, 2012. [Alberto Pizzoli/AFP]
Sheikh Hamad meets French President Francois Hollande to discuss the situation in Syria during the second year of what would be a 14-year war on August 22, 2012, at the Elysee Palace in Paris. [John van Hasselt/Corbis via Getty Images]
Sheikh Hamad meets UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon during the UN General Assembly on September 25, 2012, at UN headquarters in New York. [Stan Honda/AFP]
Sheikh Hamad greets Palestinians as he arrives for a cornerstone-laying ceremony of a Qatari-funded rehabilitation centre on October 23, 2012, in Gaza City, Gaza. [Hatem Moussa-Pool/Getty Images]
Sheikh Hamad meets US President Barack Obama in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on April 23, 2013. [Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP]
Sheikh Hamad walks with a security team as he arrives to attend National Day celebrations in Doha, Qatar, on December 18, 2012. [Fadi Al-Assaad/Reuters]
Sheikh Hamad ruled Qatar for 18 years, overseeing tremendous economic growth and Qatar's increasing international importance. [Handout/Amiri Diwan]
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Mourners hold images of Iran's slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on the day of his burial ceremony in Mashhad. [Majid Asgaripour/WANA via Reuters]
Mourners attend the burial ceremony for Iran's late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in Mashhad. [ Majid Asgaripour/WANA via Reuters]
Mourners pray as they gather on the day of Ali Khamenei's burial. [Mohammed Salem/Reuters]
Thousands of people filled the streets of Iran's eastern city of Mashhad on Thursday. [AFP]
Mashhad Governor Hassan Hosseini was quoted on state television as saying he "expects 15 million people" to attend Khamenei's funeral. [Atta Kenare/AFP]
According to the official IRNA news agency, Khamenei is to be buried Thursday evening in the Shrine of Imam Reza, Iran's most revered place of worship. [Mohammed Salem/Reuters]
An Israeli strike killed Khamenei on February 28, the first day of the US-Israel war on Iran. [Majid Asgaripour/WANA via Reuters]
The burial will be the final act in a marathon six days of funeral ceremonies that have allowed people to pay tribute in Iran and Iraq. [Mohammed Salem/Reuters]
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A funeral is held for Palestinians killed in Israeli bombing on a civilian vehicle in the Sabra neighborhood of the southern Gaza Strip [Abdalhkem Abu Riash/Anadolu]
A woman reacts during the funeral of a victim who was killed in an Israeli attack on a tent in Khan Younis. [Bashar Taleb/AFP]
Mourners grieve by the body of a victim who was killed in an Israeli attack on a tent in Khan Younis. [Bashar Taleb/AFP]
An Israeli air attack hit a tent for displaced people in the Mawasi area in Khan Younis, killing at least four people. [Bashar Taleb/AFP]
Palestinians pray over the bodies of people who were killed by Israeli attacks during their funeral at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis. [Abdel Kareem Hana/AP Photo]
A girl who was injured by an Israeli attack is carried by a man to the trauma ward at Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis. [Bashar Taleb/AFP]
An injured girl is carried to the trauma ward at Nasser Medical Complex. [Bashar Taleb/AFP]
A man injured in an Israeli attack on a tent in the al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis arrives at Nasser Hospital. [Abed Rahim Khatib/Anadolu]
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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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