SRI LANKA
2021-06-18

SRI LANKA
Smoke billows from a fire on board the container ship X-Press Pearl near Colombo Port on June 2. Authorities said the accident had caused an environmental disaster as beaches along the southern and western coast had been damaged by the debris washed ashore

NEW ZEALAND
A road is sealed off due to downpours in Christchurch on May 30. Three townships near the city declared a state of emergency after being badly hit by overnight rainstorms and floods

MALAYSIA
A policeman and a soldier inspect vehicles at a roadblock in Kuala Lumpur on June 1. Malaysia announced a nationwide two-week lockdown on that day to reduce COVID-19 infections
CZECH REPUBLIC
A puppet performance takes place during an event marking International Childrens Day in Prague on June 1


PAKISTAN
A health worker shows a vial of the locally produced Chinese CanSino COVID-19 vaccine in Islamabad on June 1, the day Pakistan started self-manufacturing

RWANDA
French President Emmanuel Macron lays a wreath at the Kigali Genocide Memorial in Kigali on May 27. Macron recognized Frances responsibilities in the 1994 Rwandan genocide. The mass killings at the time targeted the countrys Tutsi population and claimed over 1 million lives
