As Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, carries out more engagements, the public profile of King Charles' sister-in-law has been on the rise.
The trip is advertised to migrants as a secure VIP journey from the tourist-friendly Colombian island of San Andrés to Nicaragua. But in reality, it exposes desperate people to perilous conditions and a lucrative yet dangerous underworld. Hundreds have been rescued and dozens have vanished, but it's a chance many take to flee humanitarian crises in their own countries.
Days after six workers at a Tennessee plastics factory disappeared under surging floodwaters caused by Hurricane Helene, loved ones and supporters have been gathering for vigils in front of churches, a high school and a grocery store to honour them as the state investigates.
Zahraa Badreddine brought her children to Ain el-Delb from southern Lebanon in an effort to protect them, deciding like hundreds of thousands of others to flee escalating attacks between Israel and Hezbollah, only to have two of her sons die along with dozens of others when airstrikes levelled the buildings they were sheltering in.
One of the Amazon River's main tributaries has dropped to its lowest level ever recorded, Brazil's geological service said Friday, reflecting a severe drought that has devastated the Amazon rainforest and other parts of the country.
