A Balinese man is hit with burnt dried coconut leaves during a fire fight ritual ahead of the holy day of Nyepi.

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa announced a transitional government on Saturday, appointing 23 ministers in a broadened cabinet seen as a key milestone in the transition from decades of Assad family rule.

Myanmar's military rulers have let in hundreds of foreign rescue personnel after an earthquake killed more than 1600 people, the deadliest natural disaster to hit the country in years.

Six tourists died and 39 were rescued when a viewing submarine sank off the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Hurghada, authorities say.