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.

In July, British folk musician Emily Portman received a message congratulating her on a new album, despite her not having released one since 2022. Uploaded to Portman's streaming profiles, under her name, was an album on AI-generated songs that she believes were modelled on her previous work. The Sheffield-based musician is one of a growing cohort of artists sounding the alarm over AI impersonation. On the other side of the globe, in Melbourne, Australia, bassist Paul Bender has experienced a similar case of AI fraud and believes streaming platforms need enhanced security to prevent scammers using artists' profiles to make money.

From February, people visiting Rome's famed Trevi Fountain will have to pay a two-euro entrance fee in a bid to tackle overtourism. Some 30,000 people visit the fountain each day, with the large crowds making the area a target for pickpockets. The fountain will remain viewable from a distance, but only ticket holders will be able to get a closer look. Rome residents will be exempt from the charge.

Divers dressed as Santa Claus swim in the tanks of AquaRio, an annual tradition in the Rio de Janeiro aquarium. "Seeing the sparkle in the children's eyes as they watch Santa Claus diving with the shark is incredible," says diver Felipe Luna.

In the heart of the Rhodope mountains of southern Bulgaria, Matey Mateev's beluga caviar farm on Lake Kardzhali is working flat out to fulfil orders from around the world. Bulgaria ranks among Europe's largest producers of the "king of caviars", with annual production exceeding 520 kilos in 2023, according to Eurostat. In the large lake, the sturgeon "have natural conditions similar to those in the Black and Caspian Seas", Mateev explains.

Hundreds of metres of dinosaur footprints have been discovered in the Italian Alps in a region that will host the 2026 Winter Olympics, according to authorities. The tracks, which are roughly 210-million-years-old, have been found in the Stelvio National Park, in an area between the towns of Bormio and Livigno. "They were bipedal with long necks and small heads, herbivores that walked in large herds,” says Cristiano Dal Sasso, a palaeontologist at the Natural History Museum of Milan, adding that they were up to 10 metres long and weighed as much as 4 tons.