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22-year-old Asrar Usmani climbing a building to save a cat trapped on a ledge in September 2019 (Credit: Twitter)

Meet the ‘Spiderman of Bangalore’ who risks his life to save trapped cats, dogs, monkeys and more

Left: Rioters in Malmo, Sweden on Aug. 28. Center: Local Mustafa Alshabi presents flowers to police officers the day after the riots. Right: In the Rosengard neighbourhood, residents clean up the streets after the riots dispersed.

After riots over Koran burning, Swedish neighbourhood responds with flowers and community action

Angry protesters in Baghdad broke into the headquarters of Iraqi TV channel Dijlah and set the building on fire (photos from social media).

Protesters storm offices of Iraqi TV channel that broadcast music during Islamic holy day of Ashura

Left: Posts shared online claimed NBA team buses were used to transport BLM protesters. Right: A photo posted by the Toronto Raptors of their bus wrapped in support of BLM (Photo credit: Toronto Raptors/Twitter).

No, these private buses are not transporting BLM protesters to US demonstrations

On August 23, residents of Standerton, South Africa dumped their uncollected refuse on the street in front of the Lekwa municipal building (Photo: Twitter).

South Africa: Streets of Standerton strewn with rubbish as municipal workers strike for PPE

Left: Anthony dances in the rain. Screengrab from viral video. Right: Anthony with two other students at the Leap of Dance studio in Ajala's home.

Offers pour in to Nigerian ballet school after boy’s video goes viral on social media

Left: Amirhamzeh, a 7-year-old resident of Iran’s Sistan and Baluchistan province, lost his left hand after a crocodile attack on Aug. 11. Right: A marsh crocodile photographed at a local water source by villagers in Sistan and Baluchistan.

Iran: 7-year-old boy is latest child to lose arm to crocodile while fetching water

Left: four dead dolphins found at Petit Sable beach. Centre: locals assess the damage, a dead dolphin in the background. Right: a local resident rolls over a dead dolphin at Petit Sable.

Dozens of dead dolphins wash ashore after oil spill near 'idyllic' Mauritius

At a recent rally on August 24 at Chiang Mai University, Thai student protesters raise three fingers in a show of resistance that pays tribute to the Hunger Games series.

In Thailand, student protesters take a leaf out of Harry Potter and Hunger Games books

Left: Kyle Rittenhouse has been arrested for shootings during a Kenosha, Wisconsin protest on August 25. Right: Armed civilians protect a petrol station from looting during the third night of protests August 25.

Eyewitness to Wisconsin shootings: 'He came with a gun and was picking fights'

Left: A video showing a civilian carrying a stick in defence as gunshots are heard in the background. Right: An IPOB member with a gunshot wound after the clash. (Source: Twitter.)

Nigeria: New clashes after security forces break up meeting of Biafran separatists

An oil spill has darkened the shores of Falcón and Carabobo states in northwestern Venezuela since late July. These images were posted on Twitter.

Frequent oil spills darken the ocean and beaches of northwestern Venezuela

Piles of expired tapenade containers were found dumped in several different locations around northern France (Photo: Association Mormal Forêt Agir/Facebook)

Why were hundreds of expired Carrefour products dumped in a forest in northern France?

Screenshots from three videos shared on social media.

Armed thugs go after protesters in Bolivia

Left: a man attempts to save merchandise from a flooded shop. Center: Flooding above Three Gorges Dam. Right: a motorcycle riding against currents.

Amateur images, videos show severe floods threatening local livelihoods in China

In a video that has gone viral, a mob reciting Hindu nationalist slogans beats a man lying on the ground, even as a police officer arrives. (Photos: Twitter)

Latest ‘cow vigilante’ attack in India: Beaten for shooing cows away from their field

Police officer Erika Urrea rescued man in a wheelchair just before he would have been hit by a high-speed train. Images are screengrabs from video.

VIDEO: In the United States, a police officer rescues man seconds before he would have been hit by a high-speed train

Left: protesters at the home of Karim Keita, son of the Malian president. Centre: residence of the Minister of Justice. Right: demonstrators at the law offices of the Minister of Justice.

In Mali, demonstrators target symbolic places of power

In northern Tunis, two police officers harassed a woman and tried to force her into an unmarked car. The image (right) shows passersby, who intervened, moving the woman away from the car. This is one of three recently reported cases of police brutality.

Tunis-based rights groups sound alarm over police violence against women

Left: A ton of wheat pledged by dairy farmer Régis Desrumaux. The bag is decorated to show French solidarity with Lebanon. Right: Vincent Guyot, a grain farmer in France, launched the initiative to collect wheat for Lebanon.

French farmer launches initiative to send wheat to Lebanon

From August 11 to 13, volunteers joined the Ardennes Fishing Federation to clear the carcasses of tonnes of fish found in the Aisne river (Photos: Fédération de pêche des Ardennes/Facebook).

Tonnes of dead fish cleaned from French river after Nestlé spill: 'A spectacle of desolation'

Screengrab of an amateur video showing renovation work on Galata Tower, a major historic monument in Istanbul.

Istanbul’s historic Galata Tower is being 'renovated', one jackhammer blow at a time

Left: Youth volunteers protect a Hindu temple during riots on August 11. Right: The mob set fire to buildings and vehicles until 1 a.m. (Photos: Twitter)

India: Human chain protects Hindu temple amid riots over Facebook post

People were circulating a series of videos online, claiming that they showed Pakistani extremists uprooting trees that they thought were “un-Islamic”. Turns out, that’s not the real story.

Did extremists in Pakistan really uproot “un-Islamic” trees?

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