St Simons Island, US
Strandedwhale sare re scued
Dozensofpilotwhalesthatbecamestrandedonabeachin
theUSstateofGeorgiahavebeenrescuedbymembersof
thepublic.Footageoftheincidenton16Julyshowslotsof
peoplerushingtohelpthewhalesonthebeachofStSimons
Island,evenafterwarningsthatthereweresharksswimming
nearby .Threeof50whalesdied,butofficialssaythenumber
wouldhavebeenhigherifnobodyhadhelped.
Pompeii, Italy
Fearsfor theancient city of Pompeii
ExpertsstudyingvolcanicactivityatPompeii,theancient
RomancitypreservedbyaneruptingvolcanoinAD79,say
otherscientistsaredestroyingimportantcluesabouthow
lavaspreads.Thevulcanologists(volcanoexperts)saythe
rockstheywanttostudyarebeingdamagedbyscientists
whoar ediggingthroughthemtounearthRomanremains.
Strasbourg, France
Firstfemalepresident of
EuropeanCommissioniselected
UrsulavonderLeyenhasbeenpickedasthe
newpresidentoftheEuropeanCommission,
whichispartoftheEuropeanUnion(EU).The
EUisanorganisationof28countriesthat
tradetogetherandfollowthesamerules.The
commissiondevelopsEUlawsandmakessure
thatcountriessticktothem.Politiciansfrom
acrossEuropevotedtopickvonderLeyen.Minnesota, US
US politicianiswelcomedhome
AUSp oliticianwhowastargetedbyPresidentDonaldTrump
inaracisttweethasbeenwarmlywelcomedhomebya
crowdinthestateofMinnesota.IlhanOmarisaUSc itizen
whoarrivedintheUSattheageof12fromSomalia,ineast
Africa. Trumpwroteon14Julythatsheshould“gohome”–
hemeanttoSomalia–andhissupportersshouted“Sendher
back!”atarallyon17July.Around150peoplecheeredwhen
shearrivedattheairportofherhomestateon18July.
Around the world
Cairo, Egypt
Algeria winAfric aCup
of Nationstournament
On19July,AlgeriabeatSenegal1-
inthefinaloftheAfricaCupofNations
(AFCON).Heldeverytwoyears,AFCON
isafootballtournamentforcountries
inAfrica.Thisyear’scompetitionwas
heldinEgypt,andthefinal wasplayed
inthe capitalcityofCairo.Algeria
tooktheleadaftertwominutes,when
BaghdadBounedjah’sshotdeflected
offSenegal’sSalifSané.Algeriaheld
onfortherestofthegametowinthe
tournamentforjustthesecondtime
intheirhistory.TheylastwonAFCON
backin1990.Ursula von derLeyen
Algeria player Riyad
Mahrez with the trophy.Ilhan Omar (centre)
is welcomed home.