• Bees buzz around a 3D-printed wax statue of the Roman emperor Hadrian in Jerusalem. AFP
    Bees buzz around a 3D-printed wax statue of the Roman emperor Hadrian in Jerusalem. AFP
  • A volunteer helps a cat escape a flooded area of Kherson, Ukraine after the Kakhovka dam blew up. EPA
    A volunteer helps a cat escape a flooded area of Kherson, Ukraine after the Kakhovka dam blew up. EPA
  • A feast hosted by newly elected MP Fahad bin Jamea to mark his election win in Kuwait City. AFP
    A feast hosted by newly elected MP Fahad bin Jamea to mark his election win in Kuwait City. AFP
  • Firefighters battling a blaze in a forest near Saint-Goazec in Brittany, France. AFP
    Firefighters battling a blaze in a forest near Saint-Goazec in Brittany, France. AFP
  • Farmers are accompanied by a swarm of locusts near a wheat field in Kandali, Balkh province, Afghanistan. AFP
    Farmers are accompanied by a swarm of locusts near a wheat field in Kandali, Balkh province, Afghanistan. AFP
  • The Thalass sails down the Seine river to reach Rouen, part of a gathering of old vessels and tall ships in Sahurs, north-western France. AFP
    The Thalass sails down the Seine river to reach Rouen, part of a gathering of old vessels and tall ships in Sahurs, north-western France. AFP
  • A helicopter refuels en route to Russian scientific vessel Severny Polyus, caught in Arctic ice 440km from the North Pole. AFP
    A helicopter refuels en route to Russian scientific vessel Severny Polyus, caught in Arctic ice 440km from the North Pole. AFP
  • Kilauea erupting in Hawaii. AFP
    Kilauea erupting in Hawaii. AFP
  • Prince Harry and his lawyer David Sherborne (R) leave the High Court in central London, where the duke was being cross-examined in a ‘press invasion’ trial. AFP
    Prince Harry and his lawyer David Sherborne (R) leave the High Court in central London, where the duke was being cross-examined in a ‘press invasion’ trial. AFP
  • Denver Nuggets forward Aaron Gordon shoots, under pressure from Miami Heat's Caleb Martin at Kaseya Centre, Miami. Reuters
    Denver Nuggets forward Aaron Gordon shoots, under pressure from Miami Heat's Caleb Martin at Kaseya Centre, Miami. Reuters
  • Tunisia's Ons Jabeur throws her racket after losing a point against Brazil's Beatriz Haddad Maia in their French Open quarter-final in Paris, the Brazilian winning in three sets. AFP
    Tunisia's Ons Jabeur throws her racket after losing a point against Brazil's Beatriz Haddad Maia in their French Open quarter-final in Paris, the Brazilian winning in three sets. AFP
  • UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak with Screech, the Washington Nationals Mascot, at Nationals Park, Washington DC. PA
    UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak with Screech, the Washington Nationals Mascot, at Nationals Park, Washington DC. PA
  • An Eastern bluebird returns to its nesting box with an insect for its chicks, in Freeport, Maine. AP
    An Eastern bluebird returns to its nesting box with an insect for its chicks, in Freeport, Maine. AP
  • Son, ridden by Pat Dobbs, wins the Get A Run For Your Money at Newbury racecourse in England. Getty
    Son, ridden by Pat Dobbs, wins the Get A Run For Your Money at Newbury racecourse in England. Getty
  • Construction workers come out through a tunnel boring machine after it broke the wall to complete digging on a metro rail project in Chennai, India. EPA
    Construction workers come out through a tunnel boring machine after it broke the wall to complete digging on a metro rail project in Chennai, India. EPA
  • Work by artist Elinor Stanley on display at The RA Schools Show 2023 at the Royal Academy of Arts in London. EPA
    Work by artist Elinor Stanley on display at The RA Schools Show 2023 at the Royal Academy of Arts in London. EPA
  • A woman touches the surface of an enlarged version of the famous painting 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' by Johannes Vermeer at the 'Mauritshuis' museum in The Hague, The Netherlands, 08 June 2023. The Vermeer painting has been enlarged a 100-times as a 3D print to become a four-meters high plastic colossus which is exhibited in the foyer of the museum. The giant 3D print clearly shows how the canvas has developed over the years and which painting techniques have been used. EPA / ROBIN UTRECHT
    A woman touches the surface of an enlarged version of the famous painting 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' by Johannes Vermeer at the 'Mauritshuis' museum in The Hague, The Netherlands, 08 June 2023. The Vermeer painting has been enlarged a 100-times as a 3D print to become a four-meters high plastic colossus which is exhibited in the foyer of the museum. The giant 3D print clearly shows how the canvas has developed over the years and which painting techniques have been used. EPA / ROBIN UTRECHT

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June 08, 2023

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Wednesday's best photos: from a Danish labyrinth to Pope Francis ahead of operation

Tuesday's best photos: from D-Day to the Great Mosque of Djenne

Monday's best photos: from volcano offerings in Indonesia to wingwalkers in England

Sunday's best photos: from Environment Day in Dubai to Poland's Great Dragon Weekend

Saturday's best photos: from a hot day in Malaysia to a typhoon in Japan

Friday's best photos: from US Air Force graduates to Sevilla's Europa League win

Thursday's best photos: from the royal wedding in Jordan to protests in Germany

Know your cyber adversaries

Cryptojacking: Compromises a device or network to mine cryptocurrencies without an organisation's knowledge.

Distributed denial-of-service: Floods systems, servers or networks with information, effectively blocking them.

Man-in-the-middle attack: Intercepts two-way communication to obtain information, spy on participants or alter the outcome.

Malware: Installs itself in a network when a user clicks on a compromised link or email attachment.

Phishing: Aims to secure personal information, such as passwords and credit card numbers.

Ransomware: Encrypts user data, denying access and demands a payment to decrypt it.

Spyware: Collects information without the user's knowledge, which is then passed on to bad actors.

Trojans: Create a backdoor into systems, which becomes a point of entry for an attack.

Viruses: Infect applications in a system and replicate themselves as they go, just like their biological counterparts.

Worms: Send copies of themselves to other users or contacts. They don't attack the system, but they overload it.

Zero-day exploit: Exploits a vulnerability in software before a fix is found.

Ziina users can donate to relief efforts in Beirut

Ziina users will be able to use the app to help relief efforts in Beirut, which has been left reeling after an August blast caused an estimated $15 billion in damage and left thousands homeless. Ziina has partnered with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to raise money for the Lebanese capital, co-founder Faisal Toukan says. “As of October 1, the UNHCR has the first certified badge on Ziina and is automatically part of user's top friends' list during this campaign. Users can now donate any amount to the Beirut relief with two clicks. The money raised will go towards rebuilding houses for the families that were impacted by the explosion.”

Updated: June 08, 2023, 3:47 PM