Our daily trip around the world

🇨🇾 Turkey celebrated the 50th anniversary of its occupation in northern Cyprus, while southern Cyprus held a day of mourning. Turkey's invasion of Cyprus five decades ago split the island nation into a Turkish breakaway state in the north (only recognized internationally by Turkey), and a Cypriot republic in the south with close ties to Greece. On Sunday, the north celebrated the 50th anniversary of what Turkey calls a “peace operation” that foiled a coup aimed at annexing Cyprus to Greece. The south held a day of mourning to honor the ~245,000 Cypriots killed or displaced during the month-long invasion.

💥 Israel-Hamas update: The Gaza Health Ministry has discovered six environmental samples of polio in sewage across the Strip. The highly contagious virus mainly affects the spinal cord and brainstem, which can lead to paralysis or brain inflammation. The IDF launched a campaign on Sunday to provide polio vaccines to all Israeli soldiers, and is working with international groups to bring in 1+ million shots for Palestinians – or enough for about half of Gaza's population.

🇫🇷 Paris opened its first-ever cheese museum. The Musée du Fromage showcases the history and process of cheesemaking in France, along with regional cheeses, cheesemakers, and tasting events – and is also bound to see a significant amount of jokes from dads taking pictures (say cheese!). France is the second-largest cheese producer in Europe (behind Italy), and has invented several world-famous cheeses including Camembert, Brie, and Roquefort.