The junior India shooting team is expected to win a rich haul of medals on Thursday, competition day two, of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Junior World Championship, currently underway in the Peruvian capital of Lima.

ISSF Junior World Championship: 12 Indians make cut for finals on opening day in Lima

Artists in Lima are working to transform a hillside neighborhood in the Peruvian capital taking inspiration from pre-Incan patterns.

Artists transform Lima hillside with rainbow homes

Some two thousand people took to the streets of downtown Lima on Saturday to call on Peru's Congress to remove leftist president Pedro Castillo and his cabinet. Peru's first leader in decades with no ties to the country's political or economic elite, Castillo was sworn in on July 28 with a lengthy to-do list, including plans to reform the country's free-market-friendly constitution.

Over 2000 rally in Lima against leftist Castillo administration

Thousands of Peruvians took to the streets on Tuesday to protest uncertainty over the result of the presidential election a month ago, as the confirmation of leftist Pedro Castillo is held up by ballot challenges from his conservative rival.

'Peru wants a president': Thousands march in Lima as election result drags

Thousands of Peruvians supporting socialist Pedro Castillo and right-wing rival Keiko Fujimori took to the streets on Saturday amid swirling uncertainty over the result of a tight June 6 presidential election that has been held up by legal challenges.

Peruvians backing rival leaders take to the streets amid fears over presidential election meddling

Peruvian shamans, with rattles, smoke, and pictures of the Andean country's two presidential candidates, are trying to predict the winner of a polarised run-off election set to take place on June 6. Polls are currently showing that contest could be tight.

With rattles and smoke, Peru shamans predict election outcome

Peruvian cartoonist Edilberto Jimenez grew inspired by COVID-19 victims and the difficulties they face in getting healthcare, turning it into 100 sketches portraying the pandemic in Peru.

Peru cartoonist chronicles country's virus crisis

A zoo in the Peruvian capital, Lima, is thrilled to present two endangered baby American crocodiles to the public who were born at the zoo in February through artificial insemination.

Endangered crocodiles born via artificial insemination make first zoo appearance

A zoo in the Peruvian capital, Lima, is thrilled after two endangered baby American crocodiles were born in the zoo last month through artificial insemination.

Peru zoo welcomes two baby crocodiles born through artificial insemination

Peruvian shamans met at San Martin plaza in downtown Lima to perform a mystical ceremony on Tuesday (December 29), where they predicted the end to the coronavirus pandemic in the new year.

'The pandemic will disappear!' - Peru shamans reveal 2021 predictions

Christmas has gone to the dogs in Peru. A stream of pampered pooches have donned on their festive best as part of a canine costume parade to help herald in the season.

It's Santa Paws. Peru's pooches put on canine Christmas parade

Labor groups in Peru took to the streets of Lima on Tuesday (November 24) to demand better working conditions and increased wages.

Peru labor groups take to the streets to demand better wages

A total of 17 archaeological sites and museums opened their doors across Peru on Thursday, after more than seven months of closure as a measure to reduce the spread of the new coronavirus.

Peru starts reopening archaeological sites

Peru opened the ruins of Machu Picchu for a single Japanese tourist after he waited almost seven months to enter the Inca citadel, while trapped in the Andean country during the coronavirus outbreak.

Peru opens Machu Picchu for a single Japanese tourist after almost 7-month wait

Some extremely cute additions have arrived at Lima's Parque de Leyendas zoo after the recent hatching of two penguin chicks and the birth of a baby alpaca.

Penguin chicks and a baby alpaca the newest additions to Peru zoo

The most populated prison in Peru is working to prevent infections caused by the new coronavirus. A prison where a protest demanding sanitary improvements amid the coronavirus pandemic left nine dead and 67 wounded in April, now has inmates who serve as healthcare workers to alert of possible cases of new coronavirus.

Peru's prison system enduring the pandemic

Peruvian painter Daniel Manrique knows that behind every new daily tally of coronavirus deaths there are stories of the people who passed away and the families left behind in anguish. For that reason he started a project painting the portraits of COVID-19 victims on walls in public spaces in the neighborhood where they are from.

'I immortalize them so they stay visible'- Peruvian muralist paints COVID-19 victims 

Before the pandemic, Lima was hailed in international travel circles as the culinary capital of the world: a foodies paradise. But having endured months of lockdown, the city's once-vibrant restaurant scene has taken a hit and many are facing an uncertain future ahead.

Peru's culinary scene under threat as restaurants face uncertain future

A bright spot emerged from the darkness of Peru's growing coronavirus pandemic recently when a premature baby born with COVID-19 and weighing just over half a kilogram was reunited with his mother, who also survived the coronavirus.

Premature baby reunited with mother after both survive COVID-19

On Wednesday, men piled up dozens of newly made, plastic-lined coffins in the outskirts of Lima. Geserela Llanos, owner of the coffin factory "Eternal Life", said those were the models introduced to fulfill the increased demand of the recent months since deaths by COVID-19 have risen in Peru.

Coffin factory in Lima doubles production with virus deaths

As COVID-19 cases near 100,000 in Peru, hospitals established a rigid security protocol banning visitors - including parents. The National Institute of Children's Health responded by trying to implement a video call system for their small patients, often from low-income families.

"I love you, mama": Hospitalized children cut off from families visit parents on video calls

Peruvian officials on Monday collected tons of garbage on a popular Lima beach in a campaign spanning three dozen beaches in the Pacific, the Amazon and Lake Titicaca.

Cleanup in Peru’s Lake Titicaca

Hundreds of people walk each year during this season through the residential streets of Chacarilla del Estanque, in Santiago de Surco, to enjoy the Christmas decorations that residents set up for the public to enjoy.

Peru families enjoy neighborhood Christmas designs

Peruvian Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa was honoured at the 24th Lima International Book Fair on Thursday for his contribution to literature.

Nobel laureate opens Lima International Book Fair

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