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Young people have poured on to the streets of cities across the world to try to force political leaders to act over climate change. But they aren’t just leaving it to the politicians – in New York City, activists explained what they were doing in their own lives to help. For more facts on what […]

Edward Burtynsky travels the world trying to capture striking images of humanity’s impact on the planet, from the fossil-like shapes left behind by drills in a Potash mine to the luminescent colours of lithium ponds. The Canadian photographic artist has spent 40 years focusing on large-scale human activities such as mining, quarrying, agriculture and deforestation

Teenager Gina Hale is among the thousands of protesters taking part in a day of climate action. The student, 16, from Brisbane said she felt compelled to protest after learning about the effects of climate change in school. Protests demanding firm political action on climate change have started and are spreading across the world. School

A man who led a successful campaign to stop a mega-dam being built in Borneo’s rainforest has been awarded a top environmental prize. Peter Kallang spent years raising awareness of the plans among indigenous communities in the Malaysian state of Sarawak, and the wider world. After a five year campaign the government eventually cancelled the

Thousands of people are stuck on the Mexican side of the US border after changes in policy have made it more difficult for asylum seekers to enter the US. The Trump administration says these policies are working to stop migration on its southern border and that Mexico is responsible for their safety. But could its

This week the BBC released new research on the conflict in Afghanistan – tracing every conflict-related death in the month of August. According to the data that was gathered, on average, more than a dozen civilians died every day. The BBC spent a month visiting one of the country’s busiest hospitals in the southern city

Saudi Arabia’s defence ministry has shown off what it says is wreckage of drones and cruise missiles that prove Iranian involvement in weekend attacks on two oil facilities. It said 18 drones and seven cruise missiles were fired from a direction that ruled out Yemen as a source. Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels had said they

In 2009 the first ever Mongol Derby was raced across the vast expanse of the Mongolian Steppe. Riders from across the world race local, semi-wild horses in a bid to cross the finish line first. The horses are owned by nomadic herder families and the team behind the race employ the families to host the

An Australian hiker who was injured in a 6m (20ft) fall down a waterfall says he had to “carry” his broken leg while crawling for two days to be rescued. Neil Parker, 54, was bushwalking alone near Brisbane on Sunday when he slipped, leaving his wrist broken and lower leg “clean snapped in half”. Mr

The drone attacks on Saudi Arabia’s oil installations are an attack on the “whole world” and its economy, according to the newly appointed Saudi ambassador to London. Prince Khalid Bin Bandar Al-Saud told the BBC’s Frank Gardner that Iran was most likely behind the attack. He also called last year’s murder of Saudi journalist Jamal