Afghanistan
A historic day in Afghanistan today as, after 20 years, the process of withdrawing US and NATO forces from the country officially began. US President Joe Biden has ordered that the troop withdrawal be complete by the end of the summer.
An excellent and detailed report from the Associated Press here.
Global
Arrests in several cities around the world as May Day protests took place.
The BBC has a thorough rundown here.
India
India on Saturday set another pandemic record with 401,993 new COVID-19 cases recorded in a single day. Some 3,523 people have died in the last 24 hours, according to the health ministry, taking the official death toll to 211,853. Those are just the recorded figures and many more people are believed by experts to have died.
More detail from Al Jazeera here.