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Buzz Aldrin watches a video of the Moon landing during dinner commemorating the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11's return to Earth at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, California on Tuesday, July 23, 2019

Pope calls Buzz Aldrin to mark 1969 moon landing

Pope Leo XIV called astronaut Buzz Aldrin and visited the Vatican's astronomical observatory in Castel Gandolfo to mark the 56th anniversary of man's first moon landing.

News Lens • 21 Jul

A jockey tries to control his horse as they wait for the races to start on July 16, 2016 in Semonkong. - Horseracing in the mountain kingdom of Lesotho is not like at Ascot or Longchamp, but it is still highly competitive, involves lots of gambling and is

Lesotho's jockeys saddle up for mountain horse racing

Swathed in vibrant woollen blankets against the biting winter chill, jockeys - some no more than boys - thundered down a dusty track carved between the undulating hills of the tiny kingdom of Lesotho.

News Lens • 20 Jul

A woman dressed in traditional Mennonite clothing walks through downtown Aylmer, Ontario, Canada

Measles deepens vaccine tensions in rural Canadian town

In the Canadian town of Aylmer, where Mennonites in traditional dress walk down the main street alongside secular locals, bitter divisions over vaccine scepticism that arose during Covid have intensified with the re-emergence of measles.

News Lens • 18 Jul

Collie dog, Delta, working as part of the Endangered Wildlife Trust’s Dryland Conservation Project, works to sniff out critically endangered Geometric tortoises on a private reserve in the Boland district of the Western Cape in South Africa

Dogs on the trail of South Africa's endangered tortoises

Snout pressed to the ground, a border collie named Delta zigzagged through the shrubs on a private nature reserve near Cape Town, frantically sniffing for critically endangered tortoises.

News Lens • 18 Jul

north korea leader kim jong un attends the opening of the Wonsan Kalma Coastal Tourist Area

North Korea bars foreign tourists from new seaside resort

North Korea has barred foreigners from a newly opened beach resort, the country's tourism administration said this week, just days after Russia's top diplomat visited the area.

World • 18 Jul

Aerial photograph taken on July 27, 2023, shows a diver searching for archaeological material in Lake Ohrid, southeastern Albania

Europe's oldest lake settlement uncovered in Albania

Archaeologists working on the shores of Ohrid Lake in Albania are convinced they have uncovered the oldest human settlement built on a European lake, finding evidence of an organised hunting and farming community living up to 8,000 years ago.

News Lens • 17 Jul

Astronomers observe birth of a solar system

Astronomers have said they observed the moment when planets start forming around a distant star for the first time, revealing a process that sheds light on the birth of our own solar system.

News Lens • 16 Jul

A scene from 1977 movie Star Wars showing Darth Vader speaking to Princess Leia

Darth Vader's lightsaber to go under hammer

The Star Wars lightsaber used by Darth Vader will go under the hammer for the first time.

News Lens • 16 Jul

Elmo's X account hacked, posts racist messages

Hackers broke into the X account of Sesame Street character Elmo and posted anti-Semitic and racist messages, the makers of the children's TV show said.

News Lens • 16 Jul

Fauja Singh poses for pictures after being the first person to officially enter for next year’s Edinburgh Marathon on September 1, 2011 in Edinburgh, Scotland.

114-year-old marathon runner dies in India road accident

A British man believed to be the oldest runner to complete a marathon has died in a road accident in India, aged 114.

News Lens • 15 Jul

Lego, Barbie and Rubik's Cube among top toys of all time

Lego classic bricks, the Barbie doll and the Rubik's Cube have been named among the top toys of all time by British retailer Hamleys.

News Lens • 15 Jul

a girl holding a large tarantula in her hands

Customs discover 1,500 tarantulas in cookie shipment

German customs officers discovered a massive haul of around 1,500 tarantulas hidden inside a shipment disguised as cookies, authorities have said.

News Lens • 14 Jul

Sylvain of the French army's 8th Signal Regiment holds a pigeon at a military dovecote

France's military pigeons race in memory of predecessors

These days, French military pigeon number 193-529 is no longer needed to carry tiny messages during war-time communication blackouts. But the racing bird serves as a reminder of the brave service of its predecessors in World Wars I and II, and the 1870 siege of Paris.

News Lens • 14 Jul

Cambodian soldiers stand during a drill at a military police base in Kampong Chhnang province on 16 May 2024

Cambodia to implement military conscription in 2026

Cambodia's military will begin conscripting civilians next year, Prime Minister Hun Manet has said, citing rising tensions with Thailand as the reason for activating a long-dormant mandatory enlistment law.

News Lens • 14 Jul

Neuschwanstein castle becomes UNESCO heritage site

The Neuschwanstein castle in Germany's Bavaria, perhaps best known for inspiring Walt Disney's fairytale castles, has been named a World Heritage site, the UN cultural agency announced.

News Lens • 13 Jul

Gisele Pelicot leaves the courthouse after hearing the verdict of the court that sentenced her ex-husband to the maximum term of 20 years jail

Gisele Pelicot awarded France's top honour

Gisele Pelicot, who became a feminist icon by publicly testifying over the mass rapes she endured, and rapper-turned-fashion designer Pharrell Williams were among 589 people awarded France's top civic honour.

World • 14 Jul

Boy trapped inside toy machine freed by US police

Security camera footage has captured the moment a child became trapped inside a toy claw machine at a shopping center in Mason, Ohio.

News Lens • 11 Jul

A grey seal pup pictured in an outdoor pool at the Baltic Sea Animal Rehabilitation Center in Klaipeda, Lithuania

Lithuania bids to save Baltic seals as ice sheets recede

The grey seals slide out of their cages into the Baltic Sea near the Lithuanian coast, swimming off to new lives imperilled by climate change, pollution and shrinking fish stocks.

News Lens • 11 Jul

A black Hermès Birkin handbag photographed during a fashion and luxury goods auction preview at Sotheby’s on July 03, 2025 in Paris, France. (Photo by Edward Berthelot/Getty Images)

Original Birkin handbag sells for €8.5m at auction

The first-ever Birkin bag designed by French luxury brand Hermes for celebrity Jane Birkin sold for €8.58m at a Sotheby's auction in Paris, smashing previous price records for a handbag.

News Lens • 10 Jul

An image of a Barbie doll with Type 1 Diabetes, wearing an insulin patch and carrying a glucose monitor

Watch: First-ever Barbie with Type 1 Diabetes launches

The first-ever Barbie doll with Type 1 Diabetes has been unveiled by Mattel.

News Lens • 10 Jul

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND - JULY 07: Ai-Da Robot is the first AI powered Robot Artist and is pictured during the UN Global Summit on AI for Good, where they are giving the keynote speech, on July 07, 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland. (Photo by Johannes Simon/Getty I

Humanoid robot says not aiming to 'replace human artists'

A humanoid robot has insisted it has no plans to "replace" humans, after it unveiled a new portrait of Britain's King Charles this week.

News Lens • 10 Jul

Moo Deng swims with her mother at Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Thailand

Thai hippo and internet sensation Moo Deng is a year old

Thailand's pygmy hippo Moo Deng has marked her first birthday, drawing crowds of diehard fans even as she left behind the cute animal infancy that earned her worldwide internet fame.

News Lens • 10 Jul

Sheep in a field at Isojarvi National Park, Langelmaki in Finland

Finns flock to 'shepherd weeks' to disconnect on holiday

Finnish holidaymakers are clamouring to shell out hundreds of euros to work as shepherds for a week as a vacation, seeking tranquility in nature and a chance to disconnect from their busy lives.

News Lens • 10 Jul

Watch: Steve Jobs-built Apple-1 to be sold at NY auction

A fully operational Apple-1 computer, one of 50 built by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak in 1976, is going under the hammer at Sotheby's in New York, where it is expected to fetch between $400,000 and $600,000.

News Lens • 09 Jul

UTRECHT, NETHERLANDS - JULY 05: Liesbeth Verdoold of Polsbroekerdam competes in the Meisjes Topklasse (Girls Top Class) during the Tweekamp Holland-Friesland (Duel between Team Holland and Team Friesland) sponsored by KP Adviseurs held at Jaarsveld on Jul

Dutch canal-leaping pole vaulters aim for the sky

Smiling and relaxed, Dutch farmer Jacob de Groot grips a pole and walks to the water's edge - chasing a thrill he first felt aged 10, vaulting across a canal.

News Lens • 08 Jul