Florida Keys residents say they feel a strong sense of community and see a fast recovery as restaurants reopen and cleanup crews remove debris caused by the powerful storm that struck the state on September 10.

Despite disappointing yields due to mixed weather conditions, France's Beaujolais Nouveau celebration makes its return, buoyed by 'great quality' wine. The event is celebrated far beyond the wine's region of origin. In Lyon, as is tradition, wine barrels are rolled from a nearby barge to the front of the city hall, where young Rhone winemakers unveil their vintages during a tasting.

Off the Greek island of Spetses, divers lift abandoned fishing nets from reefs in the Aegean Sea. The nets, known as ghost nets, continue to trap marine animals on the seabed for years before breaking down into microplastics. Aegean Rebreath, the group leading the operation, says its volunteers have removed more than 35 tonnes of ghost nets and other marine litter from Greek waters over the past seven years.

Researchers collect samples from a huge spider web discovered in "Sulfur Cave" on the Albania-Greece border. The web -- spanning an area exceeding 100 square metres -- is home to some 111,000 spiders, including approximately 69,000 house spiders (Tegenaria domestica) and more than 42,000 Prinerigone vagans dwarf weavers (Linyphiidae), according to a study published in October, after researchers made multiple trips to the cave. The discovery is the first recorded instance of "colonial web formation" of two species that are normally solitary.

Images of Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te holding a plate of sushi have been posted on social media in a show of support for Tokyo after reports that China will halt Japanese seafood imports. The row between Japan and China was triggered by new Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi suggesting this month that Tokyo could intervene militarily in any attack on Taiwan.

Reindeer graze in the snow in the Scottish Highlands as cars driving through the Cairngorms mountain range stop to look at the animals, part of the UK's only free-ranging herd. Britain has been experiencing its first cold snap of the winter, with parts of Northern England and Scotland blanketed in snow.