The vanishing pharmacy of the Sundarbans
As rising seas push salt into the world’s largest mangrove, traditional medicinal plants are being lost.

As rising seas push salt into the world’s largest mangrove, traditional medicinal plants are being lost.






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Massive forest fires have broken out in Turkiye’s popular tourist province of Antalya.
Videos show floodwaters swamping homes, shops and streets in Azilal in central Morocco, after heavy thunderstorms.

Albania’s Flamingo Revolution marks 100 days of protests over a luxury resort project backed by Jared Kushner.
More than 5,500 people are still missing in China and Nepal after catastrophic floods across the two countries.
A total of 1,558 flights have been delayed or cancelled across the eight affected airports.
A 21-year-old student in India’s Madhya Pradesh has single-handedly cleaned up a trash-filled river.

A building collapsed in Muradabad, northern India, tearing through power lines and sending sparks into the street.
Demonstrators in Zagreb accuse Croatia’s government of dragging its feet on a hazardous waste scandal.
Country implements state of emergency in Sarawak’s Serian district after air pollution reaches ‘hazardous’ levels.

Severe flooding in China’s Fujian province has caused a three-storey building to collapse.