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Jewish worshippers, wearing traditional Jewish prayer shawls known as Tallit, take part in the Cohanim prayer (priest's blessing) during the Passover (Pesach) holiday at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem on April 25, 2024. Thousands of Jews annually make the pilgrimage to Jerusalem during the eight-day Pesach holiday, which according to Jewish tradition commemorates the Israelites' exodus from slavery in Egypt, as they remember their plight by refraining from eating leavened food products. (Photo by Menahem KAHANA / AFP)
Jewish worshippers, wearing traditional Jewish prayer shawls known as Tallit, take part in the Cohanim prayer (priest's blessing) during the Passover (Pesach) holiday at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem on April 25, 2024. Thousands of Jews annually make the pilgrimage to Jerusalem during the eight-day Pesach holiday, which according to Jewish tradition commemorates the Israelites' exodus from slavery in Egypt, as they remember their plight by refraining from eating leavened food products. (Photo by Menahem KAHANA / AFP)
Jewish worshippers, wearing traditional Jewish prayer shawls known as Tallit, take part in the Cohanim prayer (priest's blessing) during the Passover (Pesach) holiday at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem on April 25, 2024. Thousands of Jews annually make the pilgrimage to Jerusalem during the eight-day Pesach holiday, which according to Jewish tradition commemorates the Israelites' exodus from slavery in Egypt, as they remember their plight by refraining from eating leavened food products. (Photo by Menahem Kahana / AFP)
Jewish worshippers, wearing traditional Jewish prayer shawls known as Tallit, take part in the Cohanim prayer (priest's blessing) during the Passover (Pesach) holiday at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem on April 25, 2024. Thousands of Jews annually make the pilgrimage to Jerusalem during the eight-day Pesach holiday, which according to Jewish tradition commemorates the Israelites' exodus from slavery in Egypt, as they remember their plight by refraining from eating leavened food products. (Photo by Menahem Kahana / AFP)
Monaco's French midfielder #19 Youssouf Fofana (2R) celebrates with teammates after scoring his team's first goal during the French L1 football match between AS Monaco and Lille (LOSC) at the Louis II Stadium (Stade Louis II) in the Principality of Monaco on April 24, 2024. (Photo by Valery HACHE / AFP)
EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / Palestinians mourn by the bodies of relatives killed in Israeli bombardment, at the al-Najjar hospital in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on April 25, 2024 amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)
EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / Palestinians pray by the bodies of relatives killed in Israeli bombardment, at the al-Najjar hospital in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on April 25, 2024 amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)
EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / Palestinians mourn by the bodies of relatives killed in Israeli bombardment, at the al-Najjar hospital in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on April 25, 2024 amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)
EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / Palestinians mourn by the bodies of relatives killed in Israeli bombardment, at the al-Najjar hospital in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on April 25, 2024 amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)
EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / Palestinians mourn by the bodies of relatives killed in Israeli bombardment, at the al-Najjar hospital in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on April 25, 2024 amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)
EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / Palestinians mourn by the bodies of relatives killed in Israeli bombardment, at the al-Najjar hospital in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on April 25, 2024 amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)
EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / Palestinians mourn by the bodies of relatives killed in Israeli bombardment, at the al-Najjar hospital in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on April 25, 2024 amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)
EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / Palestinians mourn by the bodies of relatives killed in Israeli bombardment, at the al-Najjar hospital in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on April 25, 2024 amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)
Monaco's French midfielder #19 Youssouf Fofana (2R) celebrates with teammates after scoring his team's first goal during the French L1 football match between AS Monaco and Lille (LOSC) at the Louis II Stadium (Stade Louis II) in the Principality of Monaco on April 24, 2024. (Photo by Valery HACHE / AFP)
Jewish men take part in a tour of the gates of the Al-Aqsa mosque complex, known as the Temple Mount to Jews, during the Passover holiday in the Old City of Jerusalem on April 25, 2024. Thousands of Jews make the pilgrimage to Jerusalem during the eight-day Pesach holiday to commemorate the Israelites' exodus from Egypt some 3,500 years ago, and remember their plight by refraining from eating leavened food products. (Photo by Menahem Kahana / AFP)
Jewish men take part in a tour of the gates of the Al-Aqsa mosque complex, known as the Temple Mount to Jews, during the Passover holiday in the Old City of Jerusalem on April 25, 2024. Thousands of Jews make the pilgrimage to Jerusalem during the eight-day Pesach holiday to commemorate the Israelites' exodus from Egypt some 3,500 years ago, and remember their plight by refraining from eating leavened food products. (Photo by Menahem Kahana / AFP)
Jewish worhippers wait to take part in a tour of the gates of the Al-Aqsa mosque complex, known as the Temple Mount to Jews, during the Passover holiday in the Old City of Jerusalem on April 25, 2024. Thousands of Jews make the pilgrimage to Jerusalem during the eight-day Pesach holiday to commemorate the Israelites' exodus from Egypt some 3,500 years ago, and remember their plight by refraining from eating leavened food products. (Photo by Menahem Kahana / AFP)
Jewish men take part in a tour of the gates of the Al-Aqsa mosque complex, known as the Temple Mount to Jews, during the Passover holiday in the Old City of Jerusalem on April 25, 2024. Thousands of Jews make the pilgrimage to Jerusalem during the eight-day Pesach holiday to commemorate the Israelites' exodus from Egypt some 3,500 years ago, and remember their plight by refraining from eating leavened food products. (Photo by Menahem Kahana / AFP)
Jewish men take part in a tour of the gates of the Al-Aqsa mosque complex, known as the Temple Mount to Jews, during the Passover holiday in the Old City of Jerusalem on April 25, 2024. Thousands of Jews make the pilgrimage to Jerusalem during the eight-day Pesach holiday to commemorate the Israelites' exodus from Egypt some 3,500 years ago, and remember their plight by refraining from eating leavened food products. (Photo by Menahem Kahana / AFP)
Jewish men take part in a tour of the gates of the Al-Aqsa mosque complex, known as the Temple Mount to Jews, during the Passover holiday in the Old City of Jerusalem on April 25, 2024. Thousands of Jews make the pilgrimage to Jerusalem during the eight-day Pesach holiday to commemorate the Israelites' exodus from Egypt some 3,500 years ago, and remember their plight by refraining from eating leavened food products. (Photo by Menahem Kahana / AFP)
Jewish men take part in a tour of the gates of the Al-Aqsa mosque complex, known as the Temple Mount to Jews, during the Passover holiday in the Old City of Jerusalem on April 25, 2024. Thousands of Jews make the pilgrimage to Jerusalem during the eight-day Pesach holiday to commemorate the Israelites' exodus from Egypt some 3,500 years ago, and remember their plight by refraining from eating leavened food products. (Photo by Menahem Kahana / AFP)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (3rd-R) shakes hands with an unidentified person as US Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns and Scott Walker (R), Consul General at the US Consulate General in Shanghai look on, as Blinken prepares to depart Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport en route to Beijing, on April 25, 2024. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein / POOL / AFP)
This photograph taken an April 25, 2024, shows the empty exterior of the airport Orly as air traffic is strongly disturbed due to the strike of air-traffic controllers, at Orly airport, outside Paris, outside Paris. Thousands of flights cancelled in the middle of the French school holidays, hundreds of thousands of passengers "in the dark": despite a last-minute agreement with a French air traffic controllers' union, on April 25, 2024. (Photo by Thomas SAMSON / AFP)
This photograph taken an April 25, 2024, shows the empty exterior of the airport Orly as air traffic is strongly disturbed due to the strike of air-traffic controllers, at Orly airport, outside Paris, outside Paris. Thousands of flights cancelled in the middle of the French school holidays, hundreds of thousands of passengers "in the dark": despite a last-minute agreement with a French air traffic controllers' union, on April 25, 2024. (Photo by Thomas SAMSON / AFP)
This photograph taken an April 25, 2024, shows the empty exterior of the airport Orly as air traffic is strongly disturbed due to the strike of air-traffic controllers, at Orly airport, outside Paris, outside Paris. Thousands of flights cancelled in the middle of the French school holidays, hundreds of thousands of passengers "in the dark": despite a last-minute agreement with a French air traffic controllers' union, on April 25, 2024. (Photo by Thomas SAMSON / AFP)
This photograph taken an April 25, 2024, shows a notice board announcing the strike next to a flights boards as air traffic is strongly disturbed due to the strike of air-traffic controllers, at Orly airport, outside Paris. Thousands of flights cancelled in the middle of the French school holidays, hundreds of thousands of passengers "in the dark": despite a last-minute agreement with a French air traffic controllers' union, on April 25, 2024. (Photo by Thomas SAMSON / AFP)
Travellers walk through the airport as air traffic is strongly disturbed due to the strike of air-traffic controllers, at Orly airport, outside Paris, on April 25, 2024. Thousands of flights cancelled in the middle of the French school holidays, hundreds of thousands of passengers "in the dark": despite a last-minute agreement with a French air traffic controllers' union, on April 25, 2024. (Photo by Thomas SAMSON / AFP)
This photograph taken an April 25, 2024, shows a notice board announcing the strike next to a flights boards due to the air traffic controllers' strike, outside Paris. Thousands of flights cancelled in the middle of the French school holidays, hundreds of thousands of passengers "in the dark": despite a last-minute agreement with a French air traffic controllers' union, on April 25, 2024. (Photo by Thomas SAMSON / AFP)
A passenger walks under a flight board as air traffic is strongly disturbed due to the strike of air-traffic controllers, at Orly airport, outside Paris, on April 25, 2024. Thousands of flights cancelled in the middle of the French school holidays, hundreds of thousands of passengers "in the dark": despite a last-minute agreement with a French air traffic controllers' union, on April 25, 2024. (Photo by Thomas SAMSON / AFP)
A passenger walks to departures boards as air traffic is strongly disturbed due to the strike of air-traffic controllers, at Orly airport, outside Paris, on April 25, 2024. Thousands of flights cancelled in the middle of the French school holidays, hundreds of thousands of passengers "in the dark": despite a last-minute agreement with a French air traffic controllers' union, on April 25, 2024. (Photo by Thomas SAMSON / AFP)
This photograph taken an April 25, 2024, shows the empty exterior of the airport Orly due to the air traffic controllers' strike, outside Paris, on April 25, 2024. Thousands of flights cancelled in the middle of the French school holidays, hundreds of thousands of passengers "in the dark": despite a last-minute agreement with a French air traffic controllers' union, on April 25, 2024. (Photo by Thomas SAMSON / AFP)
AFP presents a reportage of 35 images taken by photographer Sai Aung Main between January 23 and February 27, 2024 of a Myanmar salvage crew raising sunken ships from the Yangon River in Yangon. Diving into the darkness of the Yangon River, Than Nyunt starts another murky sortie in his months-long mission to salvage a sunken ship using the power of the moon. Search MYANMAR-WASTE-RECYCLING-SHIPS for the full set of images. (Photo by Sai Aung MAIN / AFP) / To go with 'MYANMAR-WASTE-RECYCLING-SHIPS'
This photo taken on January 27, 2024 shows workers recovering a sunken ship in the Yangon River in Yangon. Diving into the darkness of the Yangon River, Than Nyunt starts another murky sortie in his months-long mission to salvage a sunken ship using the power of the moon. (Photo by Sai Aung MAIN / AFP) / To go with 'MYANMAR-WASTE-RECYCLING-SHIPS'
This photo taken on January 27, 2024 shows a diver wearing a mask preparing to dive to recover a sunken ship in the Yangon River in Yangon. Diving into the darkness of the Yangon River, Than Nyunt starts another murky sortie in his months-long mission to salvage a sunken ship using the power of the moon. (Photo by Sai Aung MAIN / AFP) / To go with 'MYANMAR-WASTE-RECYCLING-SHIPS'
This photo taken on January 27, 2024 shows a diver wearing a mask preparing to dive to recover a sunken ship in the Yangon River in Yangon. Diving into the darkness of the Yangon River, Than Nyunt starts another murky sortie in his months-long mission to salvage a sunken ship using the power of the moon. (Photo by Sai Aung MAIN / AFP) / To go with 'MYANMAR-WASTE-RECYCLING-SHIPS'
This photo taken on January 27, 2024 shows workers recovering a sunken ship in the Yangon River in Yangon. Diving into the darkness of the Yangon River, Than Nyunt starts another murky sortie in his months-long mission to salvage a sunken ship using the power of the moon. (Photo by Sai Aung MAIN / AFP) / To go with 'MYANMAR-WASTE-RECYCLING-SHIPS'
TOPSHOT - This photo taken on January 27, 2024 shows a diver wearing a mask preparing to dive to recover a sunken ship in the Yangon River in Yangon. Diving into the darkness of the Yangon River, Than Nyunt starts another murky sortie in his months-long mission to salvage a sunken ship using the power of the moon. (Photo by Sai Aung MAIN / AFP) / To go with 'MYANMAR-WASTE-RECYCLING-SHIPS'
This photo taken on January 27, 2024 shows workers recovering a sunken ship in the Yangon River in Yangon. Diving into the darkness of the Yangon River, Than Nyunt starts another murky sortie in his months-long mission to salvage a sunken ship using the power of the moon. (Photo by Sai Aung MAIN / AFP) / To go with 'MYANMAR-WASTE-RECYCLING-SHIPS'
TOPSHOT - This photo taken on January 23, 2024 shows a man swimming after a dive to recover a sunken ship in the Yangon River in Yangon. Diving into the darkness of the Yangon River, Than Nyunt starts another murky sortie in his months-long mission to salvage a sunken ship using the power of the moon. (Photo by Sai Aung MAIN / AFP) / To go with 'MYANMAR-WASTE-RECYCLING-SHIPS'
This photo taken on January 23, 2024 shows workers recovering a sunken ship in the Yangon River in Yangon. Diving into the darkness of the Yangon River, Than Nyunt starts another murky sortie in his months-long mission to salvage a sunken ship using the power of the moon. (Photo by Sai Aung MAIN / AFP) / To go with 'MYANMAR-WASTE-RECYCLING-SHIPS'
This photo taken on January 23, 2024 shows workers recovering a sunken ship in the Yangon River in Yangon. Diving into the darkness of the Yangon River, Than Nyunt starts another murky sortie in his months-long mission to salvage a sunken ship using the power of the moon. (Photo by Sai Aung MAIN / AFP) / To go with 'MYANMAR-WASTE-RECYCLING-SHIPS'
This photo taken on February 20, 2024 shows a diver wearing a mask preparing to dive to recover a sunken ship in the Yangon River in Yangon. Diving into the darkness of the Yangon River, Than Nyunt starts another murky sortie in his months-long mission to salvage a sunken ship using the power of the moon. (Photo by Sai Aung MAIN / AFP) / To go with 'MYANMAR-WASTE-RECYCLING-SHIPS'
This photo taken on February 20, 2024 shows a diver wearing a mask preparing to dive to recover a sunken ship in the Yangon River in Yangon. Diving into the darkness of the Yangon River, Than Nyunt starts another murky sortie in his months-long mission to salvage a sunken ship using the power of the moon. (Photo by Sai Aung MAIN / AFP) / To go with 'MYANMAR-WASTE-RECYCLING-SHIPS'
This photo taken on February 27, 2024 shows workers recovering a sunken ship in the Yangon River in Yangon. Diving into the darkness of the Yangon River, Than Nyunt starts another murky sortie in his months-long mission to salvage a sunken ship using the power of the moon. (Photo by Sai Aung MAIN / AFP) / To go with 'MYANMAR-WASTE-RECYCLING-SHIPS'
This photo taken on January 23, 2024 shows a diving mask next to rope on a boat as a team recovers a sunken ship in the Yangon River in Yangon. Diving into the darkness of the Yangon River, Than Nyunt starts another murky sortie in his months-long mission to salvage a sunken ship using the power of the moon. (Photo by Sai Aung MAIN / AFP) / To go with 'MYANMAR-WASTE-RECYCLING-SHIPS'
This photo taken on January 23, 2024 shows a diver wearing a mask preparing to dive to recover a sunken ship in the Yangon River in Yangon. Diving into the darkness of the Yangon River, Than Nyunt starts another murky sortie in his months-long mission to salvage a sunken ship using the power of the moon. (Photo by Sai Aung MAIN / AFP) / To go with 'MYANMAR-WASTE-RECYCLING-SHIPS'
This photo taken on January 23, 2024 shows a man coiling the rubber oxygen pipe on a boat as divers recover a sunken ship in the Yangon River in Yangon. Diving into the darkness of the Yangon River, Than Nyunt starts another murky sortie in his months-long mission to salvage a sunken ship using the power of the moon. (Photo by Sai Aung MAIN / AFP) / To go with 'MYANMAR-WASTE-RECYCLING-SHIPS'
This photo taken on February 27, 2024 shows workers recovering a sunken ship in the Yangon River in Yangon. Diving into the darkness of the Yangon River, Than Nyunt starts another murky sortie in his months-long mission to salvage a sunken ship using the power of the moon. (Photo by Sai Aung MAIN / AFP) / To go with 'MYANMAR-WASTE-RECYCLING-SHIPS'
This photo taken on February 27, 2024 shows workers recovering a sunken ship in the Yangon River in Yangon. Diving into the darkness of the Yangon River, Than Nyunt starts another murky sortie in his months-long mission to salvage a sunken ship using the power of the moon. (Photo by Sai Aung MAIN / AFP) / To go with 'MYANMAR-WASTE-RECYCLING-SHIPS'
This photo taken on February 27, 2024 shows workers recovering a sunken ship in the Yangon River in Yangon. Diving into the darkness of the Yangon River, Than Nyunt starts another murky sortie in his months-long mission to salvage a sunken ship using the power of the moon. (Photo by Sai Aung MAIN / AFP) / To go with 'MYANMAR-WASTE-RECYCLING-SHIPS'
This photo taken on February 27, 2024 shows workers recovering a sunken ship in the Yangon River in Yangon. Diving into the darkness of the Yangon River, Than Nyunt starts another murky sortie in his months-long mission to salvage a sunken ship using the power of the moon. (Photo by Sai Aung MAIN / AFP) / To go with 'MYANMAR-WASTE-RECYCLING-SHIPS'
This photo taken on February 27, 2024 shows divers working on a wooden boat as they recover a sunken ship in the Yangon River in Yangon. Diving into the darkness of the Yangon River, Than Nyunt starts another murky sortie in his months-long mission to salvage a sunken ship using the power of the moon. (Photo by Sai Aung MAIN / AFP) / To go with 'MYANMAR-WASTE-RECYCLING-SHIPS'
This photo taken on February 27, 2024 shows workers recovering a sunken ship in the Yangon River in Yangon. Diving into the darkness of the Yangon River, Than Nyunt starts another murky sortie in his months-long mission to salvage a sunken ship using the power of the moon. (Photo by Sai Aung MAIN / AFP) / To go with 'MYANMAR-WASTE-RECYCLING-SHIPS'
This photo taken on February 27, 2024 shows a worker recovering a sunken ship in the Yangon River in Yangon. Diving into the darkness of the Yangon River, Than Nyunt starts another murky sortie in his months-long mission to salvage a sunken ship using the power of the moon. (Photo by Sai Aung MAIN / AFP) / To go with 'MYANMAR-WASTE-RECYCLING-SHIPS'
This photo taken on February 27, 2024 shows a diver wearing a mask as he works to recover a sunken ship in the Yangon River in Yangon. Diving into the darkness of the Yangon River, Than Nyunt starts another murky sortie in his months-long mission to salvage a sunken ship using the power of the moon. (Photo by Sai Aung MAIN / AFP) / To go with 'MYANMAR-WASTE-RECYCLING-SHIPS'
This photo taken on February 20, 2024 shows a diver preparing to dive to recover a sunken ship in the Yangon River in Yangon. Diving into the darkness of the Yangon River, Than Nyunt starts another murky sortie in his months-long mission to salvage a sunken ship using the power of the moon. (Photo by Sai Aung MAIN / AFP) / To go with 'MYANMAR-WASTE-RECYCLING-SHIPS'
This photo taken on February 27, 2024 shows a man holding a air pipe for a diver recovering a sunken ship in the Yangon River in Yangon. Diving into the darkness of the Yangon River, Than Nyunt starts another murky sortie in his months-long mission to salvage a sunken ship using the power of the moon. (Photo by Sai Aung MAIN / AFP) / To go with 'MYANMAR-WASTE-RECYCLING-SHIPS'
This photo taken on February 20, 2024 shows workers recovering a sunken ship in the Yangon River in Yangon. Diving into the darkness of the Yangon River, Than Nyunt starts another murky sortie in his months-long mission to salvage a sunken ship using the power of the moon. (Photo by Sai Aung MAIN / AFP) / To go with 'MYANMAR-WASTE-RECYCLING-SHIPS'
This photo taken on February 20, 2024 shows a diver holding a mask on a wooden boat while working to recover a sunken ship in the Yangon River in Yangon. Diving into the darkness of the Yangon River, Than Nyunt starts another murky sortie in his months-long mission to salvage a sunken ship using the power of the moon. (Photo by Sai Aung MAIN / AFP) / To go with 'MYANMAR-WASTE-RECYCLING-SHIPS'
This photo taken on February 20, 2024 shows a diver preparing to dive to recover a sunken ship in the Yangon River in Yangon. Diving into the darkness of the Yangon River, Than Nyunt starts another murky sortie in his months-long mission to salvage a sunken ship using the power of the moon. (Photo by Sai Aung MAIN / AFP) / To go with 'MYANMAR-WASTE-RECYCLING-SHIPS'
This photo taken on February 20, 2024 shows a diver wearing a mask preparing to dive to recover a sunken ship in the Yangon River in Yangon. Diving into the darkness of the Yangon River, Than Nyunt starts another murky sortie in his months-long mission to salvage a sunken ship using the power of the moon. (Photo by Sai Aung MAIN / AFP) / To go with 'MYANMAR-WASTE-RECYCLING-SHIPS'
This photo taken on February 8, 2024 shows workers recovering a sunken ship in the Yangon River in Yangon. Diving into the darkness of the Yangon River, Than Nyunt starts another murky sortie in his months-long mission to salvage a sunken ship using the power of the moon. (Photo by Sai Aung MAIN / AFP) / To go with 'MYANMAR-WASTE-RECYCLING-SHIPS'
This photo taken on February 8, 2024 shows a man standing on a boat as the team works to recover a sunken ship in the Yangon River in Yangon. Diving into the darkness of the Yangon River, Than Nyunt starts another murky sortie in his months-long mission to salvage a sunken ship using the power of the moon. (Photo by Sai Aung MAIN / AFP) / To go with 'MYANMAR-WASTE-RECYCLING-SHIPS'
This photo taken on February 8, 2024 shows workers recovering a sunken ship in the Yangon River in Yangon. Diving into the darkness of the Yangon River, Than Nyunt starts another murky sortie in his months-long mission to salvage a sunken ship using the power of the moon. (Photo by Sai Aung MAIN / AFP) / To go with 'MYANMAR-WASTE-RECYCLING-SHIPS'
This photo taken on January 31, 2024 shows a diver wearing a mask preparing to dive to recover a sunken ship in the Yangon River in Yangon. Diving into the darkness of the Yangon River, Than Nyunt starts another murky sortie in his months-long mission to salvage a sunken ship using the power of the moon. (Photo by Sai Aung MAIN / AFP) / To go with 'MYANMAR-WASTE-RECYCLING-SHIPS'
This photo taken on January 31, 2024 shows workers recovering a sunken ship in the Yangon River in Yangon. Diving into the darkness of the Yangon River, Than Nyunt starts another murky sortie in his months-long mission to salvage a sunken ship using the power of the moon. (Photo by Sai Aung MAIN / AFP) / To go with 'MYANMAR-WASTE-RECYCLING-SHIPS'
This photo taken on January 28, 2024 shows a dog walking past a recovered ship in the Yangon River in Yangon. Diving into the darkness of the Yangon River, Than Nyunt starts another murky sortie in his months-long mission to salvage a sunken ship using the power of the moon. (Photo by Sai Aung MAIN / AFP) / To go with 'MYANMAR-WASTE-RECYCLING-SHIPS'
Passengers look at flight board where many flights were cancelled due to a strike, at Orly airport, outside Paris, on April 25, 2024. Thousands of flights cancelled in the middle of the French school holidays, hundreds of thousands of passengers "in the dark": despite a last-minute agreement with a French air traffic controllers' union, on April 25, 2024. (Photo by Thomas SAMSON / AFP)
In this picture taken on April 5, 2024 members of Four Paws International and Wildlife rangers shift female Asian black bear ‘Anila’ after giving her a tranquilliser before a surgery at the Margallah Wildlife rescue centre, formerly a zoological park, in Islamabad. Before it was forced to close over its "intolerable" treatment of animals, the Islamabad Zoo was home to neglected elephants and underfed lions pacing back and forth behind the bars of their enclosures. Now, four years later, it is a rehabilitation centre for Pakistani wildlife, providing a refuge for motherless leopard cubs, tigers seized from owners who kept them as status symbols, and bears forced to dance -- or fight -- for the amusement of crowds. (Photo by Aamir QURESHI / AFP) / To go with 'Pakistan-environment-animal-zoo' by Shrouq TARIQ
In this picture taken on April 5, 2024, members of Four Paws International give treatment to ‘Anila’, a female Asian black bear, before a surgery at the Margallah Wildlife rescue centre, formerly a zoological park, in Islamabad. Before it was forced to close over its "intolerable" treatment of animals, the Islamabad Zoo was home to neglected elephants and underfed lions pacing back and forth behind the bars of their enclosures. Now, four years later, it is a rehabilitation centre for Pakistani wildlife, providing a refuge for motherless leopard cubs, tigers seized from owners who kept them as status symbols, and bears forced to dance -- or fight -- for the amusement of crowds. (Photo by Aamir QURESHI / AFP) / To go with 'Pakistan-environment-animal-zoo' by Shrouq TARIQ
In this picture taken on March 27, 2024, a wildlife ranger (L) takes care of a rescued leopard cub at the Margallah Wildlife rescue centre, formerly a zoological park, in Islamabad. Before it was forced to close over its "intolerable" treatment of animals, the Islamabad Zoo was home to neglected elephants and underfed lions pacing back and forth behind the bars of their enclosures. Now, four years later, it is a rehabilitation centre for Pakistani wildlife, providing a refuge for motherless leopard cubs, tigers seized from owners who kept them as status symbols, and bears forced to dance -- or fight -- for the amusement of crowds. (Photo by Aamir QURESHI / AFP) / To go with 'Pakistan-environment-animal-zoo' by Shrouq TARIQ
In this picture taken on April 5, 2024, members of Four Paws International shift female female Asian black bear ‘Anila’ after giving her a tranquilliser before a surgery at the Margallah Wildlife rescue centre, formerly a zoological park, in Islamabad. Before it was forced to close over its "intolerable" treatment of animals, the Islamabad Zoo was home to neglected elephants and underfed lions pacing back and forth behind the bars of their enclosures. Now, four years later, it is a rehabilitation centre for Pakistani wildlife, providing a refuge for motherless leopard cubs, tigers seized from owners who kept them as status symbols, and bears forced to dance -- or fight -- for the amusement of crowds. (Photo by Aamir QURESHI / AFP) / To go with 'Pakistan-environment-animal-zoo' by Shrouq TARIQ
In this picture taken on March 27, 2024, a wildlife ranger takes care of a rescued leopard cub at the Margallah Wildlife rescue centre, formerly a zoological park, in Islamabad. Before it was forced to close over its "intolerable" treatment of animals, the Islamabad Zoo was home to neglected elephants and underfed lions pacing back and forth behind the bars of their enclosures. Now, four years later, it is a rehabilitation centre for Pakistani wildlife, providing a refuge for motherless leopard cubs, tigers seized from owners who kept them as status symbols, and bears forced to dance -- or fight -- for the amusement of crowds. (Photo by Aamir QURESHI / AFP) / To go with 'Pakistan-environment-animal-zoo' by Shrouq TARIQ
In this picture taken on March 27, 2024, a wildlife ranger takes care of rescued monkeys at the Margallah Wildlife rescue centre, formerly a zoological park, in Islamabad. Before it was forced to close over its "intolerable" treatment of animals, the Islamabad Zoo was home to neglected elephants and underfed lions pacing back and forth behind the bars of their enclosures. Now, four years later, it is a rehabilitation centre for Pakistani wildlife, providing a refuge for motherless leopard cubs, tigers seized from owners who kept them as status symbols, and bears forced to dance -- or fight -- for the amusement of crowds. (Photo by Aamir QURESHI / AFP) / To go with 'Pakistan-environment-animal-zoo' by Shrouq TARIQ
In this picture taken on April 5, 2024, Amir Khalil (R), a veterinarian and director of the project development for Four Paws International and Frank Goeritz (L), head veterinarian of Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research in Berlin, visit the Margallah Wildlife rescue centre, formerly a zoological park, in Islamabad. Before it was forced to close over its "intolerable" treatment of animals, the Islamabad Zoo was home to neglected elephants and underfed lions pacing back and forth behind the bars of their enclosures. Now, four years later, it is a rehabilitation centre for Pakistani wildlife, providing a refuge for motherless leopard cubs, tigers seized from owners who kept them as status symbols, and bears forced to dance -- or fight -- for the amusement of crowds. (Photo by Aamir QURESHI / AFP) / To go with 'Pakistan-environment-animal-zoo' by Shrouq TARIQ
In this picture taken on March 27, 2024, a rescued leopard cub sits inside an enclosure at the Margallah Wildlife rescue centre, formerly a zoological park, in Islamabad. Before it was forced to close over its "intolerable" treatment of animals, the Islamabad Zoo was home to neglected elephants and underfed lions pacing back and forth behind the bars of their enclosures. Now, four years later, it is a rehabilitation centre for Pakistani wildlife, providing a refuge for motherless leopard cubs, tigers seized from owners who kept them as status symbols, and bears forced to dance -- or fight -- for the amusement of crowds. (Photo by Aamir QURESHI / AFP) / To go with 'Pakistan-environment-animal-zoo' by Shrouq TARIQ
In this picture taken on March 27, 2024, a wildlife ranger takes care of a rescued leopard cub at the Margallah Wildlife rescue centre, formerly a zoological park, in Islamabad. Before it was forced to close over its "intolerable" treatment of animals, the Islamabad Zoo was home to neglected elephants and underfed lions pacing back and forth behind the bars of their enclosures. Now, four years later, it is a rehabilitation centre for Pakistani wildlife, providing a refuge for motherless leopard cubs, tigers seized from owners who kept them as status symbols, and bears forced to dance -- or fight -- for the amusement of crowds. (Photo by Aamir QURESHI / AFP) / To go with 'Pakistan-environment-animal-zoo' by Shrouq TARIQ
In this picture taken on April 5, 2024, members of Four Paws International administers medicine drops to ‘Anila’, a female Asian black bear, after giving her a tranquilliser before a surgery at the Margallah Wildlife rescue centre, formerly a zoological park, in Islamabad. Before it was forced to close over its "intolerable" treatment of animals, the Islamabad Zoo was home to neglected elephants and underfed lions pacing back and forth behind the bars of their enclosures. Now, four years later, it is a rehabilitation centre for Pakistani wildlife, providing a refuge for motherless leopard cubs, tigers seized from owners who kept them as status symbols, and bears forced to dance -- or fight -- for the amusement of crowds. (Photo by Aamir QURESHI / AFP) / To go with 'Pakistan-environment-animal-zoo' by Shrouq TARIQ
In this picture taken on April 5, 2024, Amir Khalil (L), veterinarian and director of the project development for Four Paws International, and Frank Goeritz (R), head veterinarian of Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research in Berlin, visit the Margallah Wildlife rescue centre, formerly a zoological park, in Islamabad. Before it was forced to close over its "intolerable" treatment of animals, the Islamabad Zoo was home to neglected elephants and underfed lions pacing back and forth behind the bars of their enclosures. Now, four years later, it is a rehabilitation centre for Pakistani wildlife, providing a refuge for motherless leopard cubs, tigers seized from owners who kept them as status symbols, and bears forced to dance -- or fight -- for the amusement of crowds. (Photo by Aamir QURESHI / AFP) / To go with 'Pakistan-environment-animal-zoo' by Shrouq TARIQ
In this picture taken on March 27, 2024, a rescued monkey sits inside an enclosure at the Margallah Wildlife rescue centre, formerly a zoological park, in Islamabad. Before it was forced to close over its "intolerable" treatment of animals, the Islamabad Zoo was home to neglected elephants and underfed lions pacing back and forth behind the bars of their enclosures. Now, four years later, it is a rehabilitation centre for Pakistani wildlife, providing a refuge for motherless leopard cubs, tigers seized from owners who kept them as status symbols, and bears forced to dance -- or fight -- for the amusement of crowds. (Photo by Aamir QURESHI / AFP) / To go with 'Pakistan-environment-animal-zoo' by Shrouq TARIQ
In this picture taken on March 27, 2024, a wildlife ranger takes care of a rescued leopard cub at the Margallah Wildlife rescue centre, formerly a zoological park, in Islamabad. Before it was forced to close over its "intolerable" treatment of animals, the Islamabad Zoo was home to neglected elephants and underfed lions pacing back and forth behind the bars of their enclosures. Now, four years later, it is a rehabilitation centre for Pakistani wildlife, providing a refuge for motherless leopard cubs, tigers seized from owners who kept them as status symbols, and bears forced to dance -- or fight -- for the amusement of crowds. (Photo by Aamir QURESHI / AFP) / To go with 'Pakistan-environment-animal-zoo' by Shrouq TARIQ
In this picture taken on March 27, 2024, a wildlife ranger takes care of rescued Asina black bears at the Margallah Wildlife rescue centre, formerly a zoological park, in Islamabad. Before it was forced to close over its "intolerable" treatment of animals, the Islamabad Zoo was home to neglected elephants and underfed lions pacing back and forth behind the bars of their enclosures. Now, four years later, it is a rehabilitation centre for Pakistani wildlife, providing a refuge for motherless leopard cubs, tigers seized from owners who kept them as status symbols, and bears forced to dance -- or fight -- for the amusement of crowds. (Photo by Aamir QURESHI / AFP) / To go with 'Pakistan-environment-animal-zoo' by Shrouq TARIQ
In this picture taken on March 27, 2024, rescued Asian black bears are pictured at an enclosure at the Margallah Wildlife rescue centre, formerly a zoological park, in Islamabad. Before it was forced to close over its "intolerable" treatment of animals, the Islamabad Zoo was home to neglected elephants and underfed lions pacing back and forth behind the bars of their enclosures. Now, four years later, it is a rehabilitation centre for Pakistani wildlife, providing a refuge for motherless leopard cubs, tigers seized from owners who kept them as status symbols, and bears forced to dance -- or fight -- for the amusement of crowds. (Photo by Aamir QURESHI / AFP) / To go with 'Pakistan-environment-animal-zoo' by Shrouq TARIQ
In this picture taken on March 27, 2024, a guide map is pictured at the Margallah Wildlife rescue centre, formerly a zoological park, in Islamabad. Before it was forced to close over its "intolerable" treatment of animals, the Islamabad Zoo was home to neglected elephants and underfed lions pacing back and forth behind the bars of their enclosures. Now, four years later, it is a rehabilitation centre for Pakistani wildlife, providing a refuge for motherless leopard cubs, tigers seized from owners who kept them as status symbols, and bears forced to dance -- or fight -- for the amusement of crowds. (Photo by Aamir QURESHI / AFP) / To go with 'Pakistan-environment-animal-zoo' by Shrouq TARIQ
In this picture taken on March 27, 2024, a rescued monkey sits inside its enclosure at the Margallah Wildlife rescue centre, formerly a zoological park, in Islamabad. Before it was forced to close over its "intolerable" treatment of animals, the Islamabad Zoo was home to neglected elephants and underfed lions pacing back and forth behind the bars of their enclosures. Now, four years later, it is a rehabilitation centre for Pakistani wildlife, providing a refuge for motherless leopard cubs, tigers seized from owners who kept them as status symbols, and bears forced to dance -- or fight -- for the amusement of crowds. (Photo by Aamir QURESHI / AFP) / To go with 'Pakistan-environment-animal-zoo' by Shrouq TARIQ
In this picture taken on March 27, 2024, a wildlife ranger takes care of a rescued leopard cub at the Margallah Wildlife rescue centre, formerly a zoological park, in Islamabad. Before it was forced to close over its "intolerable" treatment of animals, the Islamabad Zoo was home to neglected elephants and underfed lions pacing back and forth behind the bars of their enclosures. Now, four years later, it is a rehabilitation centre for Pakistani wildlife, providing a refuge for motherless leopard cubs, tigers seized from owners who kept them as status symbols, and bears forced to dance -- or fight -- for the amusement of crowds. (Photo by Aamir QURESHI / AFP) / To go with 'Pakistan-environment-animal-zoo' by Shrouq TARIQ
In this picture taken on April 5, 2024, Amir Khalil (R), veterinarian and director of the project development for Four Paws International, and Frank Goeritz (3R), head veterinarian of Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research in Berlin, prepare for surgery female Asian black bear ‘Anila’ at the Margallah Wildlife rescue centre, formerly a zoological park, in Islamabad. Before it was forced to close over its "intolerable" treatment of animals, the Islamabad Zoo was home to neglected elephants and underfed lions pacing back and forth behind the bars of their enclosures. Now, four years later, it is a rehabilitation centre for Pakistani wildlife, providing a refuge for motherless leopard cubs, tigers seized from owners who kept them as status symbols, and bears forced to dance -- or fight -- for the amusement of crowds. (Photo by Aamir QURESHI / AFP) / To go with 'Pakistan-environment-animal-zoo' by Shrouq TARIQ
In this picture taken on April 5, 2024, members of Four Paws International sit on a vehicle to transport a female bear ‘Anila’ for a surgery at the Margallah Wildlife rescue centre, formerly a zoological park, in Islamabad. Before it was forced to close over its "intolerable" treatment of animals, the Islamabad Zoo was home to neglected elephants and underfed lions pacing back and forth behind the bars of their enclosures. Now, four years later, it is a rehabilitation centre for Pakistani wildlife, providing a refuge for motherless leopard cubs, tigers seized from owners who kept them as status symbols, and bears forced to dance -- or fight -- for the amusement of crowds. (Photo by Aamir QURESHI / AFP) / To go with 'Pakistan-environment-animal-zoo' by Shrouq TARIQ
An airport employer stands in front of departures boards closed due to a strike, at Orly airport, outside Paris, on April 25, 2024. Thousands of flights cancelled in the middle of the French school holidays, hundreds of thousands of passengers "in the dark": despite a last-minute agreement with a French air traffic controllers' union, on April 25, 2024. (Photo by Thomas SAMSON / AFP)
Zhu Huangyi, a local producer of silkworm who lost two thirds of production due to flooding, stands in a store in Sancuncun village, Yingde in China's Guangdong province on April 25, 2024. Massive downpours have struck Guangdong province in recent days, triggering deluges that have claimed the lives of four people and forced the evacuation of more than 100,000. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP)
(FILES) This photograph taken on October 13, 2023, shows the Moulin Rouge, a famous cabaret and theatre at night in Paris. The wings of the Moulin Rouge, a famous Parisian monument, fell in the night between Wednesday and Thursday, firefighters told AFP, confirming information from BFMTV, on April 25, 2024. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP)
(FILES) Tourists stand in front of the Moulin Rouge, a famous cabaret and theatre at night in Paris on October 11, 2023. The wings of the Moulin Rouge, a famous Parisian monument, fell in the night between Wednesday and Thursday, firefighters told AFP, confirming information from BFMTV, on April 25, 2024. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP)
(FILES) This photograph taken on October 11, 2023, shows the Moulin Rouge, a famous cabaret and theatre at night in Paris. The wings of the Moulin Rouge, a famous Parisian monument, fell in the night between Wednesday and Thursday, firefighters told AFP, confirming information from BFMTV, on April 25, 2024. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP)
This handout photo taken and released by the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions on April 25, 2024 shows pilot whales stranded at Toby's Inlet near Dunsborough in Western Australia. Marine biologists raced on April 25 to save more than 100 pilot whales after a mass stranding on an Australian beach, with officials fearing many will have to be euthanised. (Photo by Handout / Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
(FILES) Workers plant rice varieties being developed by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in Los Banos town, Laguna province, south of Manila on July 19, 2023. A Philippine court has blocked the commercial propagation of genetically modified golden rice because it said conflicting scientific views gave rise to "severe" health and environmental safety concerns. The court's ruling, issued on April 17 and seen by AFP on April 25, 2024, also applies to a genetically modified eggplant, BT eggplant, that is pest resistant. (Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP)
(FILES) Workers plant varieties of rice being developed by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in Los Banos town, Laguna province on July 19, 2023. A Philippine court has blocked the commercial propagation of genetically modified golden rice because it said conflicting scientific views gave rise to "severe" health and environmental safety concerns. The court's ruling, issued on April 17 and seen by AFP on April 25, 2024, also applies to a genetically modified eggplant, BT eggplant, that is pest resistant. (Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP)
(FILES) Workers inspect fully grown rice varieties at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in Los Banos town, Laguna province, south of Manila on July 19, 2023. A Philippine court has blocked the commercial propagation of genetically modified golden rice because it said conflicting scientific views gave rise to "severe" health and environmental safety concerns. The court's ruling, issued on April 17 and seen by AFP on April 25, 2024, also applies to a genetically modified eggplant, BT eggplant, that is pest resistant. (Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP)
(FILES) Full-grown rice varieties being developed by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) are planted in a field in Los Banos town, Laguna province on July 19, 2023. A Philippine court has blocked the commercial propagation of genetically modified golden rice because it said conflicting scientific views gave rise to "severe" health and environmental safety concerns. The court's ruling, issued on April 17 and seen by AFP on April 25, 2024, also applies to a genetically modified eggplant, BT eggplant, that is pest resistant. (Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP)
This handout photo taken and released by the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) on April 25, 2024 shows Taiwan's president-elect Lai Ching-te (C) posing with his new cabinet in Taipei. Taiwan's president-elect Lai Ching-te named his cabinet and security team appointees on April 25 as he prepares to take office next month. (Photo by Handout / The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) " - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
This handout photo taken and released by the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) on April 25, 2024 shows Taiwan's president-elect Lai Ching-te (R) shaking hands with current security council head Wellington Koo, who will become defence minister, in Taipei. Taiwan's president-elect Lai Ching-te named his cabinet and security team appointees on April 25 as he prepares to take office next month. (Photo by Handout / The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) " - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
This handout photo taken and released by the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) on April 25, 2024 shows Taiwan's president-elect Lai Ching-te (R) speaking next to current secretary-general at the presidential office Lin Chia-lung, who will become foreign minister, in Taipei. Taiwan's president-elect Lai Ching-te named his cabinet and security team appointees on April 25 as he prepares to take office next month. (Photo by Handout / The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) " - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
Environmental activists from the Indonesian Forum for the Environment (WALHI) hold a protest to condemn Japan and its export credit agency, the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), over the country's public funding for gas and LNG projects in front of Japanese embassy in Jakarta on April 25, 2024. (Photo by BAY ISMOYO / AFP)
Environmental activists from the Indonesian Forum for the Environment (WALHI) hold a protest to condemn Japan and its export credit agency, the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), over the country's public funding for gas and LNG projects in front of Japanese embassy in Jakarta on April 25, 2024. (Photo by BAY ISMOYO / AFP)
Environmental activists from the Indonesian Forum for the Environment (WALHI) hold a protest to condemn Japan and its export credit agency, the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), over the country's public funding for gas and LNG projects in front of Japanese embassy in Jakarta on April 25, 2024. (Photo by BAY ISMOYO / AFP)
A family holding umbrellas to protect themselves from the sun walk across a street in Manila on April 25, 2024. Extreme heat is scorching parts of South and Southeast Asia, prompting health warnings from authorities as high temperatures are recorded across the region. (Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP)
A pedestrian holds an umbrella to protect himself from the sun as he walks past a worker transporting goods in Manila on April 25, 2024. Extreme heat is scorching parts of South and Southeast Asia, prompting health warnings from authorities as high temperatures are recorded across the region. (Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP)
A tricycle rider with a makeshift canopy as protection from the sun transports passengers along a street in Manila on April 25, 2024. Extreme heat is scorching parts of South and Southeast Asia, prompting health warnings from authorities as high temperatures are recorded across the region. (Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP)
