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Flash floods killed more than 200 people in worst-hit Buner district of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province

Around 200 people missing

Fresh Pakistan monsoon rains kill 20, halt rescue efforts

Comoros lost 80 percent of its natural forests between 1995 and 2014, its environment minister says

Scarring lush, green mountainsides

Fight to save last forests of the Comoros unites farmers, NGOs

Ras Hankorab sits inside Wadi al-Gemal National Park, declared a protected area in 2003

Swimming paradise

Tourism deal puts one of Egypt's last wild shores at risk

Women and girls traditionally make the long trips to collect water, made more difficult since the Taliban government came to power

Gendered climate impact

Women bear brunt of Afghanistan's water scarcity

Flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains across northern Pakistan have killed hundreds of people

At least 344 killed

Hopes for survivors wane after Pakistan flooding kills hundreds

The fires have scorched swathes of Spain

Devastating wildfires

Spain PM vows 'climate pact' on visit to fire-hit region

This satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows Hurricane Erin forming in the Atlantic Ocean

137 kilometers per hour winds

Hurricane Erin intensifies to 'catastrophic' category 5 storm in Caribbean

The most serious forest fires were in the northwest and west of the country

Third week of heatwave

Fires keep burning in western Spain as army is deployed

Flash floods have killed more than 340 people in northern Pakistan

Multiple deaths

Pakistan rescuers recover bodies after monsoon rains kill over 340

The massive Starship rocket launches on a test flight from SpaceX's base in Texas

After repeated explosions, new test for Musk's megarocket

Several thousand firefighters have been battling blazes across Portugal

Intense heatwave

Portugal wildfires claim first victim, as Spain on wildfire alert

People gather at the site of a flash flood in Pakistan's Bajaur district

Landslides and flash floods

'Doomsday' monsoon rains lash Pakistan, killing almost 200 people

An Indian security officer stands near damaged houses at the site of a flash flood at a village in Indian-administered Kashmir's Kishtwar district

Indian rescuers scour debris after 60 killed in flood

Countries were unable to find common ground on tackling the scourge of plastic pollution

Search for common ground

World plastic pollution treaty talks collapse with no deal

Two robots fight in a free combat style event during the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing on Friday

From 100 meters to kung fu

Football and falls as first humanoid robot games launch in China

Former teacher Waqar Malik tells his thousands of followers that he can predict this year's exam questions

Selling predictions

Stressed UK teens seek influencers' help for exams success

Saudi Arabia limits outdoor labour in peak heat, but workers indoors have few protections

Lack of worker protection

'Like hell': Indoor heat overwhelms Saudi Arabia's cooks, bakers

The coastal village of Lahou-Kpanda in Ivory Coast is battling erosion from rising Atlantic waters

Ivory Coast village reburies relatives as rising sea engulfs cemetery

Lionfish are normally found in the Red Sea but have increasingly been seen in the Mediterranean due to rising sea temperatures

Disrupting ecosystems

With waters at 32C, Mediterranean tropicalisation shifts into high gear

Tilapia farming in Brazil is a major industry, but US President Donald Trump's tariffs could hurt companies like Fider Pescados

Trump's tariffs drown Brazil's fish industry

Negotiators have been set a deadline of Thursday to come up with a clear text

Trying to secure deal

Global plastic pollution treaty talks extended in 'haze' of confusion

Crowds gathered at a Kishtwar hospital in Indian-administered Kashmir while people carried some of the injured on stretchers

150 injured people rescued

Flood kills 56 in Indian Kashmir mountain village, scores missing

Firefighters in Patras were facing 'scattered' pockets but the fire was 'still active' in the eastern outskirts of the city

Greek firefighters beat back wildfires

Surprising findings

Cats might provide breakthrough for Alzheimer's research

A man fills a delivery truck with water at a distribution facility in Beirut, where record-low rainfall is exacerbating pressure on the state water supply

Ongoing worries

Water shortages plague Beirut as low rainfall compounds woes

Elon Musk was an advisor to Donald Trump until the pair had a dramatic, public falling out

Trump orders space regulations eased in win for Musk

Scientists have documented surprising sex reversals in Australian birds such as the kookaburra.

Kookaburras, magpies, and lorikeets

Scientists find surprising sex reversal in Australian birds

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