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Foul skies, fading light: How air pollution is stealing India's sunshine

India’s sunshine hours have fallen over the past 30 years due to clouds, aerosols and local weather.

Foul skies, fading light: How air pollution is stealing India's sunshine

India’s sunshine hours have fallen over the past 30 years due to clouds, aerosols and local weather.
China's Mongolian Minority Facing Increased Pressure to Assimilate

China's Mongolian Minority Facing Increased Pressure to Assimilate

Beijing long allowed Mongols in China to live out their cultural identity. That, though, is now over. Xi Jinping has decided that they must assimilate into the culture of the Chinese majority.

Your nose gets colder when you're stressed. These thermal images show the change

Psychologists subjected a BBC reporter to a carefully designed thermal camera stress test.

Your nose gets colder when you're stressed. These thermal images show the change

Psychologists subjected a BBC reporter to a carefully designed thermal camera stress test.

Floods trap people in cars in Spain's Catalonia region

The highest red alert is declared in one coastal province, as residents are urged to stay indoors.

Floods trap people in cars in Spain's Catalonia region

The highest red alert is declared in one coastal province, as residents are urged to stay indoors.

A facelift at 28? Why young people are turning to plastic surgery

Gone are the days when facelifts were for the ageing wealthy. Now younger people are going under the knife.

A facelift at 28? Why young people are turning to plastic surgery

Gone are the days when facelifts were for the ageing wealthy. Now younger people are going under the knife.
How climate crisis is creating hellish conditions for waste pickers at Nairobi dump declared ‘full’ 24 years ago

How climate crisis is creating hellish conditions for waste pickers at Nairobi dump declared ‘full’ 24 years ago

Nairobi’s Dandora dumpsite continues to receive 2,000 tonnes of waste each day despite being declared full in 2001. Waste pickers who come each day searching for valuables to sell tell Nick Ferris how extreme heat and rains are making the work increasingly difficult

Green turtle bounces back from brink in conservation 'win'

Once endangered due to hunting, it is making a strong recovery thanks to global conservation efforts.

Green turtle bounces back from brink in conservation 'win'

Once endangered due to hunting, it is making a strong recovery thanks to global conservation efforts.