Australia, China and the US work together to medically evacuate the expeditioner.

A waste disposal worker rescues a cat from imminent death while sorting through rubbish at a plant in Russia.

"We cannot erect walls" to its availability, he says, in his first online Christmas Day message.

This year's services and events are being attended by far fewer people because of the Covid outbreak.

Singers perform inside the Paris cathedral for the first time since the April 2019 fire.

Lyubov Sobol had earlier turned up at the home of an agent Alexei Navalny says helped poison him.

Described as one of the modern greats of classical music, he was a hugely charismatic figure.

Mexico, Chile and Costa Rica become the first countries on the continent to begin vaccination campaigns.

They made sure no-one had to leave the house but now they are taking on an even more important role.

In the Republic of Georgia, workers harvest the seeds of Nordmann firs for export to Europe.