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A woman rushes for help after spotting a moving charred mass in a bonfire

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Guy Fawkes' Bonfire of the Night

Bernard was in the wrong place at the wrong time, but it wasn’t his own fault. In November 2025, the little hedgehog was hiding in a pile of leaves and branches. But what Bernard didn’t know was that his chosen spot would be part of a bonfire built for Guy Fawkes Night, a celebration in … Read more

Kenyan women challenge fishing taboos as climate change threatens Lake Victoria

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Kagwell, Kenya — Rhoda Ongoche Akechi still remembers the whispers that followed her to the water in 2002. At 39 years old, the mother of seven was about to break one of Lake Victoria’s oldest taboos: women boarding fishing boats. The now 61-year-old said: “People were claiming that if a woman went into the water … Read more