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Volunteers clean up the contents of containers from the MSC Zoe spilled near Terschelling Island off the Netherlands

800 tons of waste

Dutch divers still haul up debris six years after container spill

New Yorkers and visitors to the megacity of eight million people are bombarded with blaring sirens, loud locals, raucous bars and car horns almost constantly

750,000 complaints in 2024

Sounds serious: NYC noise pollution takes a toll

Lower temperatures gave firefighters an edge in their battles agaisnt wildfires raging for days in Spain

As temperatures cool down

Spanish PM says 'difficult hours' left in wildfire fight

John Hume owned the largest rhino farm in the world until 2023

International horn trading

Ex-owner of world's largest rhino farm arrested for trafficking

Rescuers resumed searching for survivors as the death toll from monsoon floods in northern Pakistan rose to almost 400

Ongoing searches

Death toll from northern Pakistan monsoon floods hits almost 400

The problem was particularly acute during the summer, when thousands of visitors swim and play watersports in the lake

Due to bacteria and phosphorus

Pollution hotspots at England's most famous lake need 'urgent' action

Nestled among the boughs of a decades-old cotton tree in Hong Kong is a nest box designed for the yellow-crested cockatoo, of which only 1,200 to 2,000 remain in the world

Largest remaining wild population

HK scientist puts hope in nest boxes to save endangered cockatoos

Rescue workers and residents search for victims in the debris of collapsed houses after a cloudburst in Dolari village, in northern Pakistan

By glow of their mobile phones

Survivors claw through rubble after deadly Pakistan cloudburst

A house is seen partially flooded after Hurricane Erin battered the region in Guayama, Puerto Rico

Category four storm

Hurricane Erin douses Caribbean, menaces US coast

Pizza boxes, yoghurt lids, or aluminium foil – tips for correct waste separation

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

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