India to get 2B vaccine doses as jabs run out mid-crisis – latest updates

Covid-19 has killed more than 3.3M people and infected more than 161.5M others globally. Here are all the coronavirus-related developments for May 13:

Anadolu Agency’s Istanbul Photo Awards 2021 winners are announced

The seventh annual Istanbul Photo Awards’ winners were announced this week, with the top prize going to Mohammed Shajahan from Bangladesh. Shajahan wins the purse prize of $6,000 from Turkey’s distinguished news service Anadolu Agency.

In pictures: Muslims mark end of Ramadan with Eid al Fitr festivities

We look at how people in major cities around the world are celebrating the religious holiday that draws a line under a month of fasting and special prayers.

Nearly 100 Asian cities rank highest for environmental risk, disaster

A risk assessment report finds that Asia is most at risk for environmental hazards caused by pollution, rising sea levels and global warming.

US sees more clotting cases after Johnson & Johnson jab – latest updates

Covid-19 has killed more than 3.3M people and infected more than 160M others globally. Here are all the coronavirus-related developments for May 12:

The world's most famous footballers express solidarity with Palestinians

Posting messages of support on Twitter, several football stars expressed their concern over Israel's bombing of Palestinian neighbourhoods.

‘Sound postcards’: Timber fest facilitates a forest soundmap of the world

Timber, an annual festival in the UK that is held within a beautiful forest invites people from all around the world to record one-minute snippets of sounds from forests near them and upload them to a ‘forest soundmap’.

Catastrophic Covid pandemic was preventable if world acted faster - report

The WHO-commissioned report “Covid-19: Make it the Last Pandemic” argues the global alarm system needs overhauling to prevent a similar catastrophe.

EU confident of Covid-19 travel certificate for summer - latest updates

Covid-19 has killed more than 3.3M people and infected nearly 160M others globally. Here are all the coronavirus-related developments for May 11:

Win-win: Free masks for small enterprises, formal work for Syrian refugees

Two UN agencies, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), have collaborated in a scheme to provide free masks to workers in Gaziantep’s industrial zone, produced by Syrian refugees.

Osiris-Rex spacecraft heads to Earth with asteroid rubble

The spacecraft, which began its two-year journey home on Monday, holds between 200 grams and 400 grams of asteroid chunks — the biggest cosmic haul for the US since the Apollo moon rocks.

WHO labels India strain as 'variant of concern' – latest updates

Covid-19 has killed more than 3.3M people and infected nearly 159M others globally. Here are all the coronavirus-related developments for May 10: