m Valeria Yezhova, an 11-year-old Ukrainian and a world checkers champion, is raising money for her country s soldiers with each double jump and every piece that gets kinged as she plays on the streets of Kyiv in exchange for donations.
Hundreds of thousands of spectators lined Amsterdam's historic canals Saturday to celebrate Canal Parade, a Pride flotilla of 80 brightly decorated boats packed with people partying, singing and waving rainbow flags, balloons and umbrellas.