What in the World?

The protests come following last week’s coup, which saw Gen. Abdourahmane “Omar” Tchiani take control of the country, FP’s Alexandra Sharp wrote in World Brief last Friday.

The drone incursions have occurred alongside Ukraine’s long-anticipated counteroffensive, which got underway on a large scale last week, as FP’s Jack Detsch and Robbie Gramer reported in Situation Report.

Following the charges against Sonko, Senegalese President Macky Sall’s government dissolved Sonko’s African Patriots of Senegal for Work, Ethics, and Fraternity party, FP’s Alexandra Sharp reports in World Brief.

In Beijing’s worst flooding since 2012, at least 20 people have died, FP’s James Palmer reports in China Brief. The disaster may draw attention to the effects of climate change in China.

Lula’s call to expand BRICS could hint at his ambition to create a BRICS-specific currency to reduce reliance on the U.S. dollar, as Christopher Sabatini discussed last month.

Israel’s courts cannot be timid in the face of confrontation with the government, or else they risk Netanyahu turning the country into a sham democracy—as Viktor Orban did in Hungary, Garvan Walshe argues.

It’s up to Americans to decide whether the weight of Trump’s trials will make the nation more resilient or lead to its destruction, FP’s Michael Hirsh writes.

Middle Eastern leaders have used the burnings to deflect attention from their own domestic struggles—and spread disinformation, FP’s Elisabeth Braw wrote last week.

From a wild population of about 200, the primate population has rebounded to about 4,800, The Associated Press reports.

The minister directed Somalia’s Olympic Committee to suspend the national athletics federation chairwoman over allegations the slow runner is related to her, The Associated Press reports.