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Added on the 19/02/2022 09:51:47 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
An AFP team visits the Ukrainian border crossing between the Sumy region and Russia's Kursk region, filming a Ukrainian truck carrying blindfolded men in Russian military uniform travelling away from the Russian border. Ukraine’s army launched a surprise offensive into Kursk on August 6. IMAGES
People queue outside of a supermarket as 80 to 90 per cent of the grocery distribution network in New Caledonia's Noumea had been "wiped out", according to the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI), following the four nights of violent clashes that have left five dead and hundreds wounded. IMAGES
Burmese queue to enter Thailand at an immigration checkpoint in the border town of Mae Sot, many fleeing the newest round of fighting to test the junta's hold on power. The number of people passing Thai immigration from Myanmar had increased to around 4,000 per day in recent days, an immigration official told AFP, up from the usual number of around 1,900. IMAGES
Aerial footage released by a pro-Ukraine militia shows an alleged drone attack on a Russian armoured military vehicle in a village on the Kursk border region. Additional images published by another volunteer group also claim to show a gun battle on the border. IMAGES
While tension and violence caused by criminal gangs persist in Haiti's capital, in the border province of Dajabon, in the Dominican Republic, commercial exchange continues as normal. Haiti, the poorest country in the Western hemisphere, has been in turmoil for years with armed gangs taking over parts of the country and unleashing brutal violence that has left its economy and public health system in tatters. IMAGES