Image copyright EPA The number of confirmed coronavirus cases across the globe has surpassed 30 million, according to figures by America's Johns Hopkins University.
More than 940,000 have died with Covid-19 since the outbreak began in China late last year.
The worst hit nations are the US, India and Brazil, but there is a renewed spike in infections across Europe.
Many northern hemisphere countries are now
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Reports of under-age marriage and child labour rose as the lockdown pushed people deeper into poverty.
Women want to hold to account the masked people picking protesters off the street in Belarus.
Scientists are warning about the consequences of vast swathes of ground thawing in Siberia.
Image copyright Sean R. Heavey Sean Heavey recognised his photo the moment he saw it on Stranger Things.
“God, that storm looks familiar,” he said, as he and his son watched the hit Netflix show.
When he watched a documentary about the making of the series, he became certain.
“They saved it off of Google, added a foreground to it and used it as a piece of concept art,” Mr Heavey says.
No-one
Image copyright Getty Images Dozens of wildfires have been burning their way through swathes of the US West Coast over the last month, killing more than 30 people and forcing tens of thousands from their homes.
Lightning strikes in August sparked a number of the blazes, while warm temperatures and dry conditions have fuelled additional fires.
Here's a visual guide to what's happening - a month on from a state of emergency being declared in California.
Wildfires are burning millions of acres in California
Zakir Hossain Khokan has just about had enough.
It's been weeks since he was last allowed out of the room he shares with 11 others.
The room is bare, except for six metal-framed bunk beds. Clothes and the odd towel hang in front of the beds, providing some semblance of privacy.
"Day and night, we are just inside one room," he says. "It's actually torturing our mind. It's like jail."
"Then we can't
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A team of scientists say this explains why those stung feel intense pain lasting for days or even weeks.