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Tokyo gubernatorial election candidate and Governor of Tokyo Yuriko Koike (second from right) waves during an election campaign in Tokyo on July 6, 2024. — AFP pic

Tokyo governor’s race: Women take charge in Japan’s political boys’ club”

France votes in legislative elections today that will be decisive in determining its political future and could see the far right become the largest party in parliament for the first time. — AFP pic

France goes to vote in ‘seismic’ election

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban arrives to meet Russia's President at the Kremlin in Moscow on July 5. —AFP pic

Orban’s new right-wing group hits EU parliament threshold

Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli air strike on a UN school sheltering displaced people. —Reuters pic

Israeli strike kills 16 at Gaza school, military says it targeted gunmen

People take cover as police use water cannon during a demonstration against Netanyahu's government and a call for the release of hostages in Gaza, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Tel Aviv, Israel. —Reuters pic

Hamas accepts US proposal on talks over Israeli hostages

Biden greets a priest as he departs outside St. Joseph on the Brandywine Roman Catholic Church in Wilmington, Delaware. — Reuters pic

Biden digs in as pressure from fellow Democrats escalates

K. Armstrong, the state boss of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) was known for championing the rights of lower-caste Indians. — Picture via Facebook/Armstrong Speaks

Eight arrested after Indian politician hacked to death by armed men on motorbikes, murder sparks protests (VIDEO)

In a video message, the Dalai Lama thanked all Tibetans, both in and outside Tibet, for their prayers on his birthday. — Reuters pic

Dalai Lama dispels health rumours on 89th birthday, says recovering well after knee surgery

A flooded road is seen by a swollen lake following heavy rainfall in the region, in Jiujiang, Jiangxi province, China July 4, 2024. — Reuters pic

Dam breach at China’s second-largest freshwater lake, 5,700 residents relocated

Palestinians gather as rescuers search for casualties at the site of Israeli strikes that hit a residential building and destroyed shops at Gaza’s Old City market. — Reuters pic

Hamas says OK to US proposal to start talks on releasing Israeli hostages, ultimately end Gaza war

Relatives mourning the death of stampede victims. The chief organiser of an Indian preacher’s event where a stampede killed 121 people this week surrendered to police today, a lawyer for the preacher said, after police had launched a manhunt. — Reuters pic

India stampede: Main organiser of religious event surrenders to police, whereabouts of Bhole Baba remains unknown

A drone view of debris and the remnants of damaged houses in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl in St. Elizabeth Parish, Jamaica,on July 5. — Reuters

Storm Beryl spares Mexico’s Yucatan beaches, takes aim at Texas

Masoud Pezeshkian, Iran’s only reformist candidate in the latest presidential election, has risen from relative obscurity to become the ninth president of the Islamic republic. — AFP pic

Masoud Pezeshkian: Iran’s new reformist president

Iran’s reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian today won a runoff presidential election against ultraconservative Saeed Jalili, state media reported. — AFP pic

Masoud Pezeshkian wins Iranian presidency, vows to oppose police patrols on mandatory headscarf ruling

FIle image of  Ukrainian servicemen using a searchlight as they search for drones in the sky over the city during a Russian drone strike. — Reuters

Russian drone attack cuts water supply in northern Ukrainian city, officials say

Biden said “I was feeling terrible

Biden calls debate ‘bad episode’ in ABC News interview