Journalism of Courage
A man walks beside ice formed by the spray of Lake Erie waves which covered a restaurant during a winter storm in Hamburg, New York. Forecasters have termed the blizzard which is wreaking havoc across the United States and Canada, as different from the usual weather events and called it a “bomb cyclone.” While this kind of storm is not exceedingly rare, this one is very strong, with high winds that are bringing heavy snow or rain to many areas. (Reuters)
Delivering the 10th Christmas "Urbi et Orbi" Pope Francis called for an end to the war in Ukraine and other conflicts in his Christmas message on Sunday, saying the world was suffering from a "famine of peace". (Reuters)
Benjamin Netanyahu was sworn in as Israel's prime minister on Thursday in a comeback at the head of a hard-right cabinet that promises to expand Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank and pursue other policies criticised at home and abroad. The 73-year-old political veteran, has sought to calm concerns about the fate of civil rights and diplomacy since his bloc of nationalist and religious parties secured a parliamentary majority in a Nov. 1 election. (Reuters)
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with his mother and party leader Sonia Gandhi during the Bharat Jodo Yatra, in New Delhi. "Sharing the love with the country I received from her," Gandhi wrote on Twitter as he shared a picture with his mother. Rahul Gandhi, who is leading party's Bharat Jodo Yatra, is currently taking a break from the walk. The Yatra, which entered Delhi on December 24 will resume on January 3. (PTI)
Members of the Kurdish community attend a march organised by the Kurdish Democratic Council in France (CDK-F) in tribute to the victims of Friday's deadly attack, in Paris. A shooting targeting a Kurdish cultural centre in a bustling Paris neighbourhood last Friday left three people dead and three others wounded, authorities said. A 69-year-old suspect was wounded and arrested. The Paris prosecutor said the suspect had recently been released from prison after attacking migrants living in tents, and that investigators are considering a possible racist motive for the shooting. (Reuters)
George, 5, a migrant boy from Venezuela who is traveling with his family and trying to seek asylum in the United States, plays with a Captain America doll at the border between Mexico and the United States, while members of the Texas National Guard stand guard on the banks of the Rio Bravo river, with the purpose of reinforcing border security and inhibiting the crossing of migrants to the United States, seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, December 27, 2022. (Reuters)
Pelé, the Brazilian king of soccer who won a record three World Cups and became one of the most commanding sports figures of the last century, died in sao Paulo on Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022. He was 82. Widely regarded as one of soccer’s greatest players, Pelé spent nearly two decades enchanting fans and dazzling opponents as the game’s most prolific scorer with Brazilian club Santos and the Brazil national team. (Reuters)
A man walks across a smoggy road on a cold winter morning in New Delhi. From Saturday, Delhi will once again come under the influence of weather brought by incoming western disturbances, IMD officials said.As per the latest forecast issued by the IMD, Delhi’s minimum temperatures will rise and hover around 7 – 8 degrees Celsius till early next week with the return of sunny and bright days. (Reuters)
Liao Xiaofeng, 47, sits by an oxygen concentrator and her mother Chen Lifen, 86, upon returning from a clinic, at their home in a village of Lezhi county after strict measures to curb the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were removed nationwide, in Ziyang, Sichuan province, China. A surge of Covid-19 infections in China in the past few weeks has prompted warnings that the country could witness over a million deaths in the coming months. Infections have been spreading rapidly after that — the daily case count touched new records in the first two weeks of this month. (Reuters)
Health workers during a mock drill for Covid-19 preparedness, at St George hospital in Mumbai. Hospitals across India carried out Covid-19 drills on Tuesday in light of the increased caution over the virus globally. Last week, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya had announced that the country has upped its Covid-related precautions, including random testing of international travellers and advising states to undertake genome testing of positive cases. (PTI)
A general view of the Grand Diamond City hotel-casino where a fire broke out, in Poipet near Thailand border, Cambodia. A massive fire that lasted more than 12 hours killed more than 25 people and injured more than 60, while other victims were apparently not yet accounted for. Neighbouring Thailand sent firetrucks and emergency workers to help cope with the crisis in the bustling border town of Poipet. (Reuters)
