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.

Jo Galer, a local councillor in Dunedin on New Zealand's south island, joins a high-stakes meeting from a bathroom, her laundry clearly visible in the background -- prompting comments from the city's mayor Sophie Barker.

In a London hospital, surgeon Sasha Stamenkovic leads a robotic-assisted lung cancer operation using the new da Vinci 5 robotic-assisted surgical system. The UK government has set a target for robotic assistance to be used in nine out of 10 keyhole surgeries carried out in England by 2035. “The benefits are shorter length of stay, less pain for the patient, patient going home day one, day two,” says Ali Ansaripour, a senior cardiothoracic trainee completing a robotic fellowship.

Laughing and taking pictures, New Yorkers stop by a mysterious 10-foot-tall golden trophy awarded to Donald Trump for his "enthusiastic involvement in the Iran war", designed by the anonymous art collective Secret Handshake.

From "heatwave simulators" to ecological bootcamps, scientists and conservationists are trying ways to revive and reinforce the famous coral reefs off Japan's Okinawa, decimated by climate-driven bleaching two summers ago. The subtropical southern Japanese region boasts some of the world's most biodiverse hubs of normally multicoloured coral, but a 2024 marine heatwave -- like elsewhere -- created "graveyards" of ghostly pale or sickly brown organisms.

Hundreds of dancers dressed in red gather on the Folkestone Harbour Arm in southeast England to recreate Kate Bush's iconic "Wuthering Heights" choreography as part of the global 'The Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever 2026'. "It's such a heartwarming thing to see all families together and to see the community all come together to do one celebration," says student Iris Bunt.