Roses from Columbia for Valentine's Day

 

Workers pack roses to be shipped to the US ahead of Valentine’s Day at the Mongibello flower company in Chia, north of Bogota, Columbia.  AP

Migrant child pleads with National Guard to be allowed to enter US

 

A migrant child seeking asylum pleads with a member of the Texas National Guard to be allowed to enter the US as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico on 30 January 2023.  Reuters

Zuckerberg apologises to families

 

CEO and founder of Meta, Mark Zuckerberg, apologized to families in the audience during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing about Big Tech and the Online Child Sexual Exploitation Crisis on January 31, 2024, at Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.

Online Child Sexual Exploitation Crisis

 

(L-R) Jason Citron CEO of Discord;  Evan Spiegel CEO of Snap;  Shou Zi Chew CEO of TikTok;  Linda Yaccarino CEO of X and Mark Zuckerberg CEO of Meta, watch a video of victims before testifying at the US Senate Judiciary Committee hearing “Big Tech and the Online Child Sexual Exploitation Crisis” in Washington.

Ukrainian dugout near Lyman

 

Ukrainian service members of the aerial reconnaissance unit of 45^th Separate Artillery Brigade operate a Mara reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle from a dugout near the town of Lyman in Donetsk region, Ukraine.  Reuters.

Palestinians continue to head south

 

Displaced Palestinians leave Khan Younis as they move towards Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. 

Photograph:  Mohammed Salem/Reuters

Joshua Thomas Keith Coonan sexual predator sentenced

 

Hockey player and tree logger Joshua Thomas Keith Coonan faced Gosford District Court for sentencing last Tuesday after a jury found him guilty of seven counts of having sex with a 14-year-old girl.  He was sentenced to 3 years and six months.