A Guatemalan court has sentenced seven former police officers to up to 60 years in prison over the "extrajudicial execution" of a gay couple, killings denounced by human rights groups as a hate crime. u.afp.com/SCC7

Janith Liyanage smashed a six off the penultimate ball as Sri Lanka completed the second-highest successful run chase in ODI history, scoring 430-8 to beat England in Rawalpindi on Thursday. u.afp.com/SCCn

The World Health Organization warned on Thursday that Africa faced a "complex" Ebola outbreak after the virus crossed from east Africa to Nigeria, which has reported the first case in the west of the continent. u.afp.com/SCCs

🏠 The days of having to take out the trash or wash the dishes before leaving an Airbnb are numbered as the short-term rental platform is tightening rules on what conditions hosts may impose on guests. ➡️ u.afp.com/SCCx

🇫🇷 French authorities have imposed bans or restrictions on fresh protests springing up in the wake of demonstrations last weekend that degenerated into the country's worst street violence in years. ➡️ u.afp.com/SC9a

🌎 Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth ordered aides to fetch him a globe associated with legendary World War II General Dwight Eisenhower -- and they broke it, The Washington Post reported Thursday. ➡️ u.afp.com/SCCN

🇯🇵 Strong winds, heavy rain in Japan's Ishigaki as Typhoon Champi nears Stores are closed and people shelter from the heavy rain in Ishigaki, in Japan's Okinawa prefecture, as Typhoon Champi approaches the island.

🪸🐠 Map showing global coral reef observed from heat stress from climate change and the overall risk to reef ecosystems in 50 years, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

🇻🇦 Pope warns young people afraid to make mistakes Pope Leo XIV warns that a "performance-driven culture" is leaving many young people "virtually paralysed by the fear" of making mistakes.

🇷🇺 🇺🇸 A retired US teacher freed by President Vladimir Putin after four years' detention in Russia for allegedly fighting on behalf of Ukraine has returned to the United States, his lawyer said Thursday. ➡️ u.afp.com/SCCw