QATAR PERSPECTIVE

Al Jazeera publishes exclusive photos from the Pyongyang memorial inauguration: Kim Jong-un sprinkling earth over a soldier's remains, Russian officials signing a guestbook. The agency links this to ongoing combat: Russian strikes killed a worker at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, while Russian drones attacked Odesa, injuring at least 11 people including two children. Al Jazeera also reports that a New Zealand surveillance aircraft observed a possible illicit transfer of goods involving a North Korean vessel in the Yellow Sea — a reminder that sanctions are still being circumvented. Al Jazeera's coverage systematically connects the technological war in Ukraine to persistent nuclear risk, an angle particularly resonant in the Global South.