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🇫🇮 Finland tops happiness index, Afghanistan ranked bottom Finland has maintained its position as the world's happiest country for a ninth year running, according to the World Happiness Report, with Afghanistan at the bottom of the list.

🇧🇷 Amazonian turtles released in Brazil's Rio Negro Riverine communities and scientists release around 1.500 Amazonian turtles at Jau National Park, on the Rio Negro in the Amazon rainforest, as part of a program to assist in the reproduction of the species.

🇮🇷 🇺🇸 Firefighters battled a blaze at a giant oil refinery in Kuwait on Friday after a fresh drone attack as Iran kept up a wave of strikes on its neighbours and vowed there was "no concern" about its missile production. ➡️ u.afp.com/SLbp

🇸🇩 Sudanese artists cling to their craft in displacement shelter The soft sounds of a blues tune float through a Port Sudan school-turned-shelter, home to 120 Sudanese artists displaced by three years of war between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.

🇰🇷 KPop Demon Hunters brings global fans to Seoul’s old city wall Nearly 10 months have passed since the release of KPop Demon Hunters, but many foreign tourists still visit one of its locations -- Naksan Park in Seoul. The film won two Oscars and is Netflix's most-watched original film.

Trump gets approval for gold coin in his likeness u.afp.com/SLLn

Different types of naval mines. AFP Infographic showing the different types of naval mines that the United States has accused Iran of using in the Strait of Hormuz, a claim denied by Tehran, which used this strategy on a large scale during its war against Iraq in the 1980s

Fireworks explode over 'ninots' during the "Nit de la Crema" (the night of the burning) on the last night of the Fallas Festival in Valencia. The 'fallas' —gigantic cardboard structures depicting current events and celebrities, with individual figures known as 'ninots' (meaning 'doll' in Valencian language) — are burned in the streets of Valencia as a tribute to Saint Joseph, the patron saint of the carpenters' guild 📷 Jose Jordan

K-pop megastars BTS released a new album Friday billed as reflecting the maturing boy band's Korean roots and identity, as buzz builds ahead of their open-air comeback concert in the heart of Seoul u.afp.com/SLLb

Fifteen women urge France to investigate the former European head of modelling agency Elite for possible links to US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein u.afp.com/SLLZ

BREAKING Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit says she was "manipulated" by convicted US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, in an interview broadcast Friday in which she sought to explain their close relationship

Israel launches a new wave of strikes on Tehran on Friday after Netanyahu says Iran is being "decimated". Gulf nations face a fresh set of attacks, with the UAE and Kuwait reporting missile attacks, while Saudi Arabia intercepts more than a dozen drones u.afp.com/SLL6

'Blackmail' Outraged EU leaders rounded on Viktor Orban after the Hungarian nationalist refused to lift his veto on funds for Ukraine's war effort, accusing him of a "gross act of disloyalty" tantamount to "blackmail" u.afp.com/SLLW

'Miracle' European Space Agency says it has re-established communication with a spacecraft that is part of its Proba-3 mission, after losing contact with the satellite a month ago u.afp.com/SLLS

BREAKING Drone attack causes fire at Kuwait oil refinery, reports state media

Muslim devotees offer morning prayers on Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of holy month of Ramadan, in cities across Indonesia 📸 Juni Kriswanto, Devi Rahman, Sonny Tumbelaka

BREAKING K-pop megastars BTS release their fifth studio album, after an almost four-year hiatus

"Why didn't you tell me about Pearl Harbor, OK?" Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi sailed smoothly past a potential clash with Donald Trump over Iran on Thursday, though the US president whipped up a bit of a storm about Pearl Harbor u.afp.com/SLLN

"The Bachelorette," one of America's highest profile reality TV shows, is cancelled just days before the new season was due to air. The show was cancelled after video emerged of the star hurling furniture at her ex-partner, in an incident that apparently injured her daughter u.afp.com/SLLs

Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloropterus) fly along the rocky walls of the Buraco das Araras sinkhole in Jardim, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil 📸 Pablo Porciuncula