Hongkongers lay flowers for victims of deadly fire
People lay flowers for the victims of one of Hong Kong's deadliest fires at a makeshift memorial near Wang Fuk Court, the residential complex that burned for more than 40 hours. IMAGES
Parachutes carrying humanitarian aid fall over the northern Gaza Strip during an airdrop as seen from the Israeli side of the border. Nearly two years into the war in Gaza, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces mounting pressure to secure a truce to pull the territory's more than two million people back from the brink of famine and free the hostages held by Palestinian militants. IMAGES
People lay flowers for the victims of one of Hong Kong's deadliest fires at a makeshift memorial near Wang Fuk Court, the residential complex that burned for more than 40 hours. IMAGES
At least three people were injured and around a hundred homes were affected by a dynamite attack in the Peruvian city of Trujillo, amid clashes between criminal organizations, authorities have reported. The powerful explosion occurred on August 14 in a residential and commercial area of this northern city, which has been an epicenter of criminal group activity for more than a year. According to police, as cited by the press, the attackers used about 15 sticks of dynamite against the target, a three-story building that was virtually destroyed. IMAGES
US envoy Steve Witkoff says Israeli hostages held in Gaza were coming home, in a message directed at the captives at a rally in Tel Aviv, as a ceasefire took hold in the Palestinian territory. "To the hostages themselves: you are coming home," Witkoff says, prompting applause and cheers from thousands gathered at the plaza known as Hostages' Square. SOUNDBITE
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