Our daily trip around the world

🇵🇪 Thousands of protesters gathered across Peru over the weekend for anti-government demonstrations☝️. Protesters are seeking the resignation of embattled President Pedro Castillo, who's currently the subject of six ongoing criminal corruption investigations (but denies any wrongdoing). Peru is also facing a number of economic issues, including spiraling living costs, per BBC News. The country has yet to fully recover from Covid, with nationwide poverty levels forecast to remain above pre-pandemic levels for the next two years, per the World Bank.

🇨🇳 China’s Covid lockdowns are affecting iPhone 14 production. In a statement, Apple said its primary iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max assembly plant in Zhengzhou is operating at “significantly reduced capacity,” warning of longer wait times for consumers when ordering the devices. Chinese officials are reportedly considering steps toward ending the country's strict zero-Covid policy, but are proceeding slowly and have set no timeline, per the WSJ.

🇵🇰 After being shot last Thursday, former Pakistani PM Imran Khan alleged the country’s leader and government were behind the attack. Though Khan hasn’t offered any evidence for this claim, which the government and incumbent PM have denied. Khan was shot in the leg as he stood atop a makeshift stage mounted on a truck while leading a protest convoy to Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad. The Pakistani government said a lone religious fanatic was caught at the scene and confessed to the attack.