Laura Khan

More than 10,000 fires have broken out across the Pantanal region since the start of September – three times as many as last year.

Millions have lost their jobs, international travel has been disrupted and billions of people have been confined to their homes.

Firefighters are battling day and night, from air and land in an attempt to limit the destruction.

‘We work daily to get food for our children. If we don’t work, there’s no food.’

As Tokyo’s governor considers ordering a new state of emergency, the theatre is at risk of closing once more.

Children – in wealthy and poor nations – are at risk of irreversible health damage because of lead poisoning.

‘Tianwen’ – which translates to ‘Questions to Heaven’ – will take seven months to reach Mars.

Both the Yemeni government and Houthi fighters lay claim to its valuable cargo and neither side is budging.

Serbia’s president toasts his election success, but not all parties recognise the result.