Nature and Environment
The province of KwaZulu-Natal has been hit by heavy rain and flash flooding for several days, killing over 50 people. Torrential downpours have weakened structures, causing several to collapse or be swept away by mudslides. Floodwaters brought waste into the port of Durban and several roads into the city were closed, according to local media.
A polar bear was hundreds of miles from his natural habitat, roaming around a village in eastern Russia. The exhausted animal reportedly travelled on an ice floe. He was tranquilised and airlifted back home and released back into the wild.
He was 400 miles off course.
Earth Day was started 49 years ago by a senator who was distraught by the devastation of an oil spill that had struck the California coastline near Santa Barbara the previous year. The movement went global in 1990 and this year’s edition will focus on calling for increased protection of endangered species and their habitats.
Britons have been basking in scorching weather – while it rains in Spain.
Emma Thompson joins Extinction Rebellion in their fifth day of climate change protests, saying she was “willing to be arrested”. The Oscar-winning actress urged the government to address climate change to save the planet for our future generations.
London Zoo, Berlin Zoo and Stirling's Blair Drummond Safari Park have been treating their residents with Easter eggs filled with crickets, as well as colourful hard-boiled eggs. A family-run farm on the German-Swiss border has been colouring 16,000 eggs an hour to satisfy demand over the Easter holidays.
“We are running out of time but there is still hope."
Locals found the dead fish floating on the surface of a lake.
The female turtle was more than 90 years old.