IN CASE YOU MISSED IT–Schedule of Reuters features from this week
April 7 (Reuters) - Every week, Reuters journalists produce scores of multimedia features and human-interest stories from around the world.
Below are some stories from this week selected by our editors, as well as explanatory context and background to help you understand world headlines. For a full schedule of news and events, please go to our editorial calendar on Reuters Connect https://www.reutersconnect.com/planning.
Actress Betty White's personal belongings to go under the hammer
BEVERLY HILLS - Personal items that once belonged to the iconic comedic actress Betty White, including a gold watch from her mother, are set to go up for auction in September. (PEOPLE-BETTY WHITE/AUCTION (PIX, TV), 309 words)
Japanese robot can peel bananas cleanly, most of the time
TOKYO - Robots in Japan are found on factory floors carrying out simple tasks or delivering food to restaurant patrons but researchers have now unveiled a robot capable of executing the delicate task of peeling a banana without squashing the fruit inside. (JAPAN-ROBOT/ (TV), 213 words)
Mexico's vaquita porpoise on the brink as illegal fishing bites
SAN FELIPE, Mexico - Three months after the Mexican government and a non-profit group launched a new campaign to save the vaquita porpoise, there has been little improvement in the marine mammal's chances of avoiding extinction, experts and local residents say. (MEXICO-ENVIRONMENT/VAQUITA (CORRECTED, PIX, TV), 614 words)
Scientists discover ancient cemetery of flying reptiles in Chile's Atacama desert
SANTIAGO - Scientists in Chile say they have unearthed a rare cemetery with well-preserved bones of ancient flying reptiles that roamed the Andean country's Atacama desert more than 100 million years ago. (CHILE-FOSSILS/ (PIX, TV), 245 words)
Some 3,800 years ago, a mega earthquake, tsunami hit Chile's Atacama desert
SANTIAGO - Some 3,800 years ago a massive 9.5-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami with waves as high as 20 meters (66 feet) slammed the coastline of Chile's Atacama desert, the world's driest, according to study led by University of Chile academics. (CHILE-QUAKE/STUDY (PIX), 284 words)
Ukrainian family finds refuge in Prague's Russian community PRAGUE - A month after fleeing her home in central Ukraine with her three sons, Yulia Sarycheva is sharing a pot of tea with a pair of artists who are putting them up in their home in an old Prague suburb. (UKRAINE-CRISIS/CZECH-REFUGEES-RUSSIANS (TV, PIX), 481 words)
Play and therapy pool ease trauma for Ukrainian refugee girl in Poland
JAROSLAW, Poland - Alevtina is all smiles as she cuddles her mother Alexandra Zhuravel in their bedroom at Poland's Benedictine Sisters Monastery, a world away from Kryvyi Rih in central Ukraine. (UKRAINE-CRISIS/BORDER-POLAND-MONASTERY (TV, PIX), 604 words)
Vienna's Ukrainian school scrambles to cope with influx of children
VIENNA - Volunteers running a Ukrainian Saturday school in Vienna have been scrambling to adapt as the number of children attending has more than tripled in a matter of weeks. The school is only too happy to accommodate the influx of refugee children fleeing the war at home, but the need to expand capacity has tested the school administrators' organizational skills. (UKRAINE-CRISIS/AUSTRIA-SCHOOL (PIX, TV), 437 words)
EXPLANATORY CONTENT
EXPLAINER-The U.N. climate report's emissions pathways - decoded
EXPLAINER-What's at stake in France's presidential election
EXPLAINER-The Fed's 'QT' plan: Then and now
(Compiled by Aurora Ellis and Patrick Enright)
