At least 25 inmates died on Sunday in clashes between two rival factions in a prison in far northern Brazil, the latest episode of violence shaking the country's underfunded and overcrowded prison system.
Thailand has sought to dispel any concern about a royal succession after Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn said he would delay his ascension to the throne while he mourns his father, and the government stressed on Sunday its was working as normal.
Top stars in Latin music pleaded on Saturday for tolerance in a concert from the US-Mexico border, taking a stand weeks ahead of a divisive US presidential election.
A striking bird with monochrome plumage and a formidable "beak", the helmeted hornbill is being hunted to extinction, one of the latest victims of a thriving global trade in exotic wildlife.
On his birthday Thais wore yellow, when he got sick they put on pink, and now that King Bhumibol Adulyadej has passed away Bangkok's streets have turned monochrome in an extraordinary display of collective grief.
Desperate Haitians pummeled by Hurricane Matthew looted United Nations trucks on Saturday shortly before UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived for a visit.
New ideas proposed, more talks prepared and no quick resolution in sight for Syria's agony.
The Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthi movement in Yemen attacked a funeral there after receiving incorrect information from Yemeni military figures that armed Houthi leaders were in the area, an investigative body set up by the coalition said on Saturday.
Typhoon Sarika lashed the main Philippine island of Luzon on Sunday, flattening homes and toppling trees and power pylons as more than 12,000 people fled to safer ground, officials said.
Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
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