Scientists from the University of Edinburgh and volunteers from the Seabird Centre are monitoring the apparent recovery of the gannet colony at Bass Rock off the coast of Scotland. They are using drones and AI to gauge the numbers after a massive die-off due to an avian flu epidemic during the 2022 mating season.
Barcelona artist Joan Juncosa installed colourful papier mache urinals around the city to protest the use of the city's centuries-old walls as public toilets. The Spanish city receives around 30 million visitors annually. Some people have complained about the smell in some parts of the city and the dearth of public toilets.
Hundreds of thousands of visitors are expected in Pamplona, Spain, this year for the San Fermin Festival, as the first of eight bull runs kicked off Friday.
The United States appears poised to send cluster munitions to Ukraine to help its military push back Russian forces. The move will likely trigger outrage among humanitarian groups and criticism from NATO and European Union allies of Ukraine long opposed to the use of these bombs.
Russia media watchers see deliberate attempts to try to boost President Vladimir Putin's image in the wake of last month's rebellion, when a group of Wagner fighters, led by Yevgeny Prigozhin, threatened to march on Moscow.
