Hundreds of Palestinians injured in clashes with Israeli police in Jerusalem

Weeks of mounting tensions between Palestinians and Israeli security forces in Jerusalem’s Old City culminated in another violent clash on Monday. [Forward to a friend]( | [Subscribe]( | [View in your browser]( [Top of The World]( --------------------------------------------------------------- In the news today Hundreds of Palestinians injured in clashes with Israeli police in Jerusalem [Palestinians clash with Israeli security forces at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City May 10, 2021.] Credit: Mahmoud Illean/AP Weeks of mounting tensions between Palestinians and Israeli security forces in Jerusalem’s Old City [culminated in another violent clash]( on Monday. Israeli police fired tear gas, stun grenades and rubber bullets [in and around the al-Aqsa Mosque](, one of Islam's holiest sites. More than 300 Palestinians were injured during the violent confrontation along with 21 police officers. The latest round of violence has been spurred on by protests over the possible evictions in the mostly Palestinian neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, in East Jerusalem, where Israelis claim to own the property on which mostly refugee Palestinian families[have lived for decades](. The violence, not seen in years, could push the city toward a wider conflict with almost nightly clashes during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Following the confrontations Monday, Israeli police[have now changed the route]( of a highly contentious march by Jewish ultranationalists — who for years have marched through the Old City’s Muslim Quarter on Jerusalem Day — to the Western Wall in the Jewish Quarter. What The World is following More than 1,000 migrants [landed on Italy’s southern island of Lampedusa]( on Sunday in a span of a few hours, emerging from 15 boats packed with people. Officials say the high number of migrants comes as the weather has improved in the area, often a main landing point for migrants seeking access to Europe. Italian officials say [around 11,000 migrants]( have arrived on the country’s coasts since January, though the numbers are still lower than the highs seen in 2015. A series of bombings at a girls’ school over the weekend in Afghanistan [has left 85 people dead]( — many under the age of 15 — and more than 125 wounded. The attacks occurred in Kabul’s western neighborhood of Dasht-e-Barchi, home to Afghanistan’s ethnic Hazara population, [a minority long singled out for persecution](. Officials say three explosions targeted the school outside the entrance and struck as students were leaving for the day. --------------------------------------------------------------- From The World [Is Brexit destabilizing Northern Ireland?]( [Areas of west Belfast are dominated by vivid murals depicting armed Loyalist and Republican paramilitary figures.]( Credit: Andrew Connelly/The World Days of rioting in Northern Ireland last month were blamed on anger over Brexit, but upon closer inspection, [the issues run much deeper](. [Latin American and Caribbean countries use volcanic landscapes to tap geothermal energy]( [Green pipes carrying energy at the Platanares Geothermal Power Plant in Honduras.]( Credit: Courtesy of Ormat Technologies Geothermal, a renewable energy source that involves drilling for hot steam deep underground, currently provides less than 1% of the world’s energy. It's a resource that could theoretically be accessible everywhere on the planet. Advocates are particularly [interested in increasing its footprint in developing countries](, such as those in Latin America and the Caribbean, to help boost energy economies without increasing carbon emissions. --------------------------------------------------------------- Bright Spot Kami Rita, a Sherpa mountain guide, completed his[25th climb of Mount Everest, extending his own record](. Rita and 11 other Sherpas were the first to summit this year and were fixing safety ropes on the icy, highly traveled route so hundreds of other climbers could scale the peak this season. Rita, 51, who followed the footsteps of his father, has reached the top of Everest every year since 1994. [Screen shot from Everest Today Twitter]( Credit: Twitter --------------------------------------------------------------- In case you missed it from The World --------------------------------------------------------------- Don't forget to subscribe to The World's Latest Edition podcast using your favorite podcast player: [RadioPublic](, [Apple Podcasts](, [Stitcher](, [Soundcloud](, [RSS]( [The World logo]( [The World on Facebook]( [The World's Twitter account]( [Donate]( | [Forward to a friend]( | [Subscribe]( | [Edit your subscription]( | [Unsubscribe]( | [View in your browser]( Top of the World is written weekday mornings by the team at [The World](. [The World]( is produced by [PRX]( and [GBH](.