June 30 - Every week, Reuters journalists produce scores of multimedia features and human-interest stories from around the world.
Below are some stories from this week selected by our editors, as well as explanatory context and background to help you understand world headlines. For a full schedule of news and events, please go to our editorial calendar on Reuters Connect https://www.reutersconnect.com/planning.
A Palestinian bride celebrates in the rubble of her demolished Jerusalem home
JERUSALEM - Palestinian Rabeha Rajabi did not think she would be holding her wedding celebrations in the rubble of her own home in occupied East Jerusalem, until Israeli authorities destroyed it. (ISRAEL-(PALESTINIANS/JERUSALEM-DEMOLITION (TV, PIX), 651 words)
Thousands unite in Polish, Ukrainian LGBT+ parades in Warsaw
WARSAW - Thousands of Poles and Ukrainians are walking for peace and demanding an end to discrimination against the LGBT+ community on Saturday, in a joint Pride march in Warsaw that organisers say aims to defend freedom and equality as war casts a shadow over eastern Europe.(UKRAINE-CRISIS/POLAND-LGBT (TV, PIX) 405 words)
Owners distraught as historic Nile houseboats are removed
CAIRO - Owners of the Nile's famous houseboats in the heart of Egypt's capital are having their homes demolished and towed away as authorities impound what they say are unlicensed dwellings. (EGYPT-HOUSEBOATS/ (TV, PIX), 434 words)
Hundreds protest for climate justice as G7 leaders meet in Bavaria
GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany - Hundreds of protesters marched in the southern German town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen on Sunday, near where leaders of the Group of Seven countries are meeting, demanding action on climate change. G7-SUMMIT/PROTESTS (PIX, TV) 440 words)
German porcelain maker faces fragile future due to Ukraine war
FRANKFURT - For family-owned German porcelain maker Kahla the recent cuts in Russian natural gas supply to Germany and high energy prices due to the Ukraine war pose a looming existential threat. (UKRAINE-CRISIS/GERMANY-PORCELEIN (PIX) 421 words)
Magnificent ancient mosaic found near Tel Aviv returns home
LOD, Israel - An exceptionally well-preserved Roman floor mosaic, showing a rich variety of fish, animals, birds and ships, has returned to the site where it was first found in a Tel Aviv suburb after a decade-long tour of some of the world's top museums. (ARCHAEOLOGY-ISRAEL/MOSAIC (TV, PIX), 214 words)
At flooded cancer hospital in northeast India, chemotherapy given on the road outside
NEW DELHI, India - Whenever the rain relents, staff at a waterlogged cancer hospital in northeast India seize the chance to administer chemotherapy to patients on the road outside, creating an image of the misery caused by the region's worst floods in years. (SOUTHASIA-FLOODS/ (PIX, TV), 421 words)
Italy's drought-hit farmers face sea water threat
SCARDOVARI, Italy - The worst drought in 70 years has meant salt water from the Adriatic sea is flowing back into the sluggish Po, Italy's longest river, doing further damage to crops hit by an early summer heatwave. (EUROPE-WEATHER/ITALY-DROUGHT (PIX, TV), 500 words)
Poles look to their forests to ease energy price pain
BORYSOWSZCZYZNA, Poland - Amid the vast woodlands of eastern Poland, Artur Trochimiak, a 52-year-old farmer, has prepared large piles of wood behind his house in the village of Borysowszczyzna to keep him warm through the winter. (UKRAINE-CRISIS/POLAND-COSTS (TV, PIX), 491 words)
Villagers cheer Indonesian for capturing big crocodile with rope
JAKARTA - Fellow villagers have praised an Indonesian man for capturing a crocodile longer than 4 meters (13 ft) on the island of Sulawesi using just a rope. (INDONESIA-CROCODILE/ (TV, PIX), 257 words)
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(Compiled by Aurora Ellis and Patrick Enright)
