Stockholm announces British author Kazuo Ishiguro, best known for his novel "The Remains of the Day" , has won the 2017 Nobel Literature Prize. The 69-year-old author reacts to the news in London.

Storm surges send waves hurtling over the streets of the Philippine island of Catanduanes as Typhoon Fung-wong bears down on the region. Fung-wong is expected to make landfall late Sunday as a super typhoon, and comes just days after Typhoon Kalmaegi ravaged the country.

Hundreds of from Greenpeace Africa volunteers form a giant human Africa map banner, calling for taxing of the super-rich ahead of the UN Tax convention.

Their cameras flipped sideways in the bedroom of a faux-castle atop a Los Angeles hill, a small film crew get to work on a "vertical drama." The format, featuring kitschy plotlines and stories told via addictive and smartphone-friendly 60-second instalments, has taken Hollywood by storm in the last two years. Emerging in China in the 2010s, vertical drama is now a multi-billion-dollar business that is radically changing -- and some say saving -- a struggling industry.

Japan has begun deploying soldiers to the northern Akita region, which has been hit hard by a spate of deadly bear attacks. Since April, 12 deaths and more than 100 injuries have been reported, with Akita and neighbouring Iwate the regions most affected.

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Prince William visit a rainforest museum and meet youth climate leaders in the Brazilian city of Belem, during their visit for COP30. IMAGES