IN CASE YOU MISSED IT–Schedule of Reuters features from this week
Aug 4 (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.
Auction house brings together Elvis Presley's ‘lost’ jewelry collection
WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. - A collection of jewelry Elvis Presley gave to his manager Colonel Tom Parker is going up for auction on Aug. 27. (AUCTION-ELVIS/JEWELRY (PIX, TV), 250 words)
South Korea develops nanotech tattoo as health monitoring device
DAEJEON - South Koreans may soon be able to carry a device inside their own bodies in the form of a bespoke tattoo that automatically alerts them to potential health problems, if a science team's project bears fruit. (SOUTHKOREA-ELECTRONIC TATTOO/ (TV, PIX), 244 words)
Joint venture: Cannabis cafes open new front in Thai tourism revival
BANGKOK - The RG420 cannabis cafe opened just days ago in Khao San, an area of Bangkok popular with backpackers - and already it's crammed with customers. (THAILAND-CANNABIS/TOURISM (TV, PIX), 381 words)
'Transformation of the body' - Crypt sheds light on Mayan death ritual
OCOSINGO, Mexico - The pyramids of the ancient Mayan city of Tonina rise high above the jungle of southeastern Mexico, but deep under the site's most important pyramid a once-forgotten crypt is shining new light on the rites and rituals of this civilization. (MEXICO-ARCHEOLOGY/ (TV), 131 words)
At 75, Edinburgh Festival more intent than ever on healing divisions
LONDON - Self-styled working class playwright Kieton Saunders-Browne used to think that the Edinburgh Fringe wasn't for people like him - until a fund set up to draw a more diverse cast of performers to the world's largest arts festival stepped in to help. (FESTIVAL-EDINBURGH/DIVERSITY (PIX, TV), 475 words)
Wild vulture rescued after wandering the streets of Madrid
MADRID - Spanish police rescued a disoriented and dehydrated wild vulture as it wandered the streets of downtown Madrid, holding up traffic and startling passers-by. (SPAIN-VULTURE/ (TV, PIX), 99 words)
Hotter summers mean Florida's turtles are mostly born female
MARATHON, Fla. - Florida's sea turtles are grappling with a gender imbalance made worse by climate change. (FLORIDA-TURTLES/ (PIX, TV), 385 words)
Shelter rescues parched animals as France bakes in third heatwave
SAINT-CEZAIRE-SUR-SIAGNE, France - With temperatures soaring once again across southern France, Laura Borderes uses a syringe to feed an infant squirrel now in the care of her animal shelter. (EUROPE-WEATHER/FRANCE-ANIMALS (TV, PIX), 240 words)
Drought takes toll on Tuscany's famed olive oil and wine production
SAN CASCIANO IN VAL DI PESA, Italy - Farmers in Tuscany, the heart of Italy's prized wine and olive oil industry, are battling to salvage as much as they can of this year's crop from the ravages of drought and heatwave. (EUROPE-WEATHER/TUSCANY (PIX, TV), 558 words)
Hot dogs - and cats - get wearable fans to beat Japan's scorching summer
TOKYO - A Tokyo clothing maker has teamed up with veterinarians to create a wearable fan for pets, hoping to attract the anxious owners of dogs - or cats - that can't shed their fur coats in Japan's blistering summer weather. (JAPAN-DOGS/WEARABLE FAN (TV, PIX), 250 words)
EXPLANATORY CONTENT
EXPLAINER-Obstacles to overcome before Ukraine grain deal eases global food crisis
FACTBOX-Who could succeed Al Qaeda's leader Zawahiri?
EXPLAINER-Two years since Beirut blast, why has no top official been held to account?
(Compiled by Mark Porter and Patrick Enright)
