The lightning-fast defensive military exercise began early Thursday.

The Costa Independencia 200 defense drill continues with its deployment in this country's northern coastal zone, which includes all states bordering the Caribbean Sea, in response to the threat of US aggression.

A machine harvests wheat in Yaozhanzi village.
A machine harvests wheat in Yaozhanzi village.

In Yaozhanzi village, Qitai County, Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture of northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, the early autumn sun bathes the vast fields. Under blue skies and white clouds, tractors shuttle across the land. Against a backdrop of clear blue skies, tractors crisscross the freshly harvested wheat land as preparations begin for the next planting season. Within days, winter wheat will take root here, awaiting another bumper harvest.

The demonstrations are located in Imbabura, although protests have taken place in other parts of the country.

Ecuador marks a month of protests led by the indigenous movement against the measures adopted by President Daniel Noboa, with no signs of rapprochement between the Government and the groups that joined the uprising.

The supplies that arrived in the last few days are only enough for nearly half a million people for two weeks.

United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food Michael Fakhri affirmed that half of the Gaza population suffers from hunger, despite the ceasefire and the entry of more humanitarian aid.

Puerto Rico joined the thousands of people who took to the streets this Saturday in cities across the United States to protest what they consider Trump's authoritarianism.

Hundreds of Puerto Ricans demonstrated this Saturday in front of the Federal Court in San Juan to denounce what they called the "authoritarian, racist, dictatorial policies and abuses of power" by U.S. President Donald Trump, under the slogan "No Kings."