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Let’s not just prepare to recycle 870,000 batteries — let’s work to reduce that number through smart policies, better technology, and a rethink of how we define waste. — SoyaCincau pic

Is Malaysia’s EV battery recycling crisis overblown? Here’s how longevity and second-life use could change the game

This photo taken on March 22, 2025, shows a man sitting past the new roof of former Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot’s cremation site in Anlong Veng district in Oddar Meanchey province. — AFP pic

Cambodia preserves Pol Pot cremation site with new roof, sparking reflection and debate

A worker sorts incoming clothing items at Artikel2’s sorting centre in Stockholm April 10, 2025. Sweden’s recycling centres are overflowing with clothes after an EU-wide ban this year on throwing away textiles, leaving overwhelmed municipalities eager to have fast fashion giants take responsibility. — AFP pic

Sweden battles textile overflow as new EU recycling law highlights fast fashion waste

French rugby player Antoine Dupont holds the Olympic torch as part of the Olympic and Paralympic Torch Relays in the Ernest Wallon stadium in Toulouse, south-western France, on May 17, 2024, ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. — AFP pic

Olympic torches, bizarre costumes and plush Phryge toys fetch more than €200,000 at Paris auction

Italian fashion designer Miuccia Prada poses with her Outstanding Achievement award during the British Fashion Awards 2018 in London on December 10, 2018. — AFP pic

Breaking fashion codes: Miuccia Prada’s trailblazing path from activist to icon

A video showing a rat allegedly helping itself to food at a restaurant has gone viral, drawing outrage and concern from online users. — Video screencaps via Facebook

Uninvited guest: Viral video of rat allegedly eating from food trays at Bandar Mahkota Cheras restaurant sparks outrage among online users

Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa, who enchanted readers with his intellectual rigor and lyrical prose for five decades and nearly became president of his country, died on Sunday aged 89. — Reuters pic

Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian literary giant, dies at 89

Life size animal puppets, part of the Herds public art and climate action project are  displayed in Kinshasa April 9, 2025. A wildebeest, a gorilla and a giraffe were among the life-size puppets to begin a 20,000-kilometre trek across the globe Wednesday from the DR Congo capital, to raise awareness about migration due to climate change. — AFP pic

The Herds project: Life-size animal puppets begin 20,000-kilometre migration to spotlight migration and climate issues

A cameraman films student actress during the production of a six-minute film ‘Father Forgive Me’ by Esther Abah at Ebonylife Creative Academy studio in Lagos. — AFP pic

Cash-strapped Nigerians ditch streaming services for free YouTube Nollywood content

Workers install a new metallic support structure for the 17th-century warship Vasa at the Vasa Museum in Stockholm April 8, 2025. The royal warship Vasa sank in 1628 and was salvaged more than 300 years later. — AFP pic

Race to save Sweden’s Vasa warship: Preservation efforts aim to secure iconic 400-year-old treasure

Moraingy originated on the west coast of Madagascar, where it was practised as training for war and as an initiation rite marking the passage to adulthood.

Moraingy: Madagascar’s ancestral martial art seeks recognition and professionalisation

Two tourist relax in the swimming pool at River Lodge, a hotel site located at Pointe-Denis on April 6, 2025. Forests cover nearly 90 percent of Gabon which markets itself as the ‘last Eden’ and has become a major advocate for conservation. — AFP pic

Destination Gabon: Central Africa's ‘last Eden’ eyes eco-tourism and luxury to attract global tourists

People admire the ceiling with a thousand pinholes of light in the shape of the Milky Way, during an opera sleepover event at the Grand Theatre in Geneva on April 5, 2025. Once a year, the Grand Theatre allows a small group of enthusiasts to spend a night, set to music, exploring its majestic halls, admiring its marble entranceway and meandering through fresco-covered foyers. — AFP pic

A night at Geneva opera: From Pink Floyd to pyjamas, a snoozefest like no other

British skipper and SailLink's founder, Andrew Simons tides a rope on his catamaran on the English Channel as his young start-up aims to democratise sailing as a low-carbon alternative to ferries, on April 10, 2025. — AFP pic

‘Slow travel’ start-up launches cross-Channel crossings by sail

Employees work on the assembly of the La Yuca photovoltaic solar park in Cienfuegos Province, Cuba. — AFP pic

Cuba looks to sun to solve its energy crisis

The Ultra Low Emissions Zone (ULEZ) -- the world's largest pollution charging scheme — was implemented in central London in 2019, before expanding to Greater London's nine million residents in 2023. — AFP pic

Clean streets vs business woes: Pollution charge divides Londoners