Climate
Following weeks of volcanic eruption from the Cumbre Vieja volcano of La Palma, one of Spain’s Canary Islands, lava started pouring into the ocean, forming a pyramid-like structure off the island’s coast on Wednesday Sep. 28.
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Russia’s first royal wedding since the imperial monarchy took place in the St. Isaac’s Cathedral in St. Petersburg on Friday Oct. 1.
Activism
On International Safe Abortion Day on Sep. 28, thousands of women across Latin America took to the streets in mass protests to demand the right to safe and legal abortions.
Cute
A Turkish man disappeared into the forest after drinking with his friends and unknowingly joined a rescue team that had been established to search for him.
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The police officer who kidnapped, raped and murdered Sarah Everard, a 33-year-old British marketing executive, while she was walking home at night, has been sentenced to life in prison.
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A rainbow winding road that stretches hundreds of meters has attracted people’s attention in eastern China.
Activism
Greta Thunberg mocked global leaders for their empty words and promises on tackling climate change at the Youth4Climate summit in Milan, Italy.
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Two German women from the Greens Party have made history by becoming the first openly transgender candidates to win seats in the German parliament in Sunday’s national election.
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Paris’ iconic Arc de Triomphe has been wrapped up as part of a large-scale installation created by the late artists, Christo and Jeanne-Claude.
Activism
Thousands of young people took to the streets on Friday in more than 1,500 locations around the world to demand action to end climate change.
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Voters in Switzerland have overwhelmingly voted to legalize same-sex marriage in a referendum on Sunday Sep. 26.
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Eleven men in Morocco have each been sentenced to 20 years in prison for kidnapping and gang-raping a teen girl in 2018.