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This photograph shows tombstones from the 18th century in the oldest part of the cemetery in Kisiljevo on June 23, 2025. — AFP pic

Before Dracula, there was Blagojevic: Serbian village stakes claim to ‘world’s first vampire’ as locals revive 1725 ‘blood drinker’ legend

A dugout canoe with four men and one woman paddling is pictured during a crossing across a region of the East China Sea from near Ushibi, Taiwan to Yonaguni Island, traversing the Kuroshio current, in this handout image released on June 25, 2025. — Yousuke Kaifu handout pic via Reuters

Paddling 30,000 years into the past: Scientists replicate prehistoric seafaring with a primitive canoe

Jury members retired on June 30 to decide the fate of an Australian woman accused of murdering three members of her husband's family with a toxic mushroom-laced beef Wellington lunch. — AFP pic

Sweet but sinister: What to know about death cap mushrooms, the toxic fungi at the heart of Australia’s fatal lunch trial

Learners at Disc-jockey (DJ) academy, The Santuri Salon, attend a practice lesson to prepare for a final examination showcase that follows a four-week intensive DJ101 course held in the basement of a shopping mall in the heart of the Kenyan capital Nairobi on June 16, 2025. — AFP pic

How Nairobi’s Santuri academy is helping women DJs shatter male-dominated electronic music industry

The Dalai Lama, the charismatic Buddhist spiritual leader lauded worldwide for his tireless campaign for greater autonomy for his Tibetan homeland, will celebrate his 90th birthday in July. — AFP pic

In his own words: Dalai Lama on hope, compassion, politics and China’s rule over Tibet         

Pavel Talankin, a teacher, videographer and filmmaker from Russia, who today lives in Prague, poses during a photo session in Prague on June 27, 2025. — AFP pic

From Karabash to Prague: Russian teacher’s secret film ‘Mr Nobody’ reveals Kremlin propaganda in schools

People cool off at a beach during a heatwave in Rabat. Monthly temperature records have been broken across Morocco, sometimes topping seasonal norms by as much as 20 degrees Celsius. — AFP pic

Heatwave leaves Moroccan cities sweltering in record-breaking tempertatures

A Dambe fighter kicks his opponent during an amateur match in the Dei-Dei neighbourhood in Abuja. — AFP pic

Dambe goes global as Nigeria pushes to professionalise its ancient fight sport

A woman takes pictures of paintings of French impressionist painter Paul Cezanne during a press preview of the ‘Cezanne au Jas de Bouffan’ (Cezanne at Jas de Bouffan) exhibition at the Granet Museum in Aix-en-Provence. — AFP pic

Cezanne comes home: Provence embraces its once-rejected son in a landmark exhibition

Models present a creation for KidSuper Menswear Spring-Summer 2026 collection show as part of the Paris Fashion Week in Paris, on June 28, 2025. — AFP pic

Colour and ease lift Paris Men’s Fashion Week

A model presents a creation by designer Veronique Nichanian as part of her Menswear Spring/Summer 2026 collection show for fashion house Hermes during Men's Fashion Week in Paris, France, June 28, 2025. — Reuters pic

Hermes shows woven leather tops and trousers for men on Paris runway

After last being number one nine years ago, fluffy pup Pompompurin is now the most popular Sanrio mascot of them all. — Picture composite via social media

The cutest dethroning ever: Sanrio’s Pompompurin mascot beats Cinnamoroll to No.1 spot after nine years

Mozambican Armando Ernesto Chau (left) who is visually impaired, sits next to a pair of smart glasses invented by 24 years old robotics student Joao Antonio Rego (right) while at home in Matola on June 14, 2025. This prototype is the latest in a series since Rego launched his Vision Hope project in 2021, earning Mozambique's Young Creative Award for technological innovation the following year. The device resembles a virtual reality eye mask and is embedded with sensors that scan for obstacles. Vibrations increase in intensity the closer an object becomes. — AFP pic

Vision of hope: Mozambican student builds smart glasses to guide the blind — right from his dining room

Some people tolerate heat less well than others, whether it’s a dry or humid kind. — izusek/Getty Images/ETX Studio pic

Hot and bothered? Science explains why some people melt in the heat — and others don’t

Unlike our primate cousins, humans change voices to communicate with our babies. — SeventyFour/Getty Images/ETX Studio pic

No goo-goo gaga: Humans stand alone in using ‘baby talk’ — great apes don’t do it, study finds

A team of researchers found a novel way to create painkillers with plastic. — Prrrettty/Shutterstock pic

Plastic to paracetamol: Scientists engineer E. coli to turn waste into painkillers, but doubts remain