Kenya, Haiti, Summerfestivals, infections and countries in conflict

Northern Kenya’s Chalbi desert covered in flood water CREDIT: Heathcliff O’Malley Kenya’s rainy season started with a vengeance in early March: the country has been devastated by flooding the likes of which have not been seen in decades. The rainfall has been near constant, bursting river banks, destroying crops and even making a vast lake

An infestation of bedbugs

Bedbugs, which had largely disappeared from daily life by the 1950s, have made a resurgence in recent decades and have become increasingly resistant to chemical treatments.