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.

A group of Indigenous people originally from Bogota perform rituals at the foot of a mountain where forest fires go on for a fourth day amid record temperatures.

A statue of British explorer Captain Cook has been torn down and defaced on the eve of Australia's national holiday in St Kilda, Melbourne. Calls to scrap or change Australia Day have increased in recent years, with nationwide Indigenous-led protests drawing tens of thousands to 'Invasion Day' rallies around the country.

After a Christmas without snow across much of the country and seesawing temperatures throughout January, Canada's winter sports season has been drastically reduced to the great dismay of locals who are experiencing more and more such effects of climate change. N°34G49BV

As a kid growing up in poverty in rural Bolivia, Roly Mamani built his own toys. Now a 34-year-old engineer, he 3D prints limbs for Indigenous compatriots scarred by life-changing accidents. One of their beneficiaries is 59-year-old Pablo Matha, who lost his vision and right hand seven years ago in a mining accident involving dynamite. Matha says the prosthesis "is a great gift." He now plays the guitar to earn a living.

A pop-up bar in Saudi Arabia serving non-alcoholic bellinis and spritzes in cocktail glasses was a daring bet in the dry Gulf kingdom where alcohol has been prohibited since the early 1950s.