Public urged to join fight for Australia’s Great Barrier Reef
Voice of America
FILE - This picture taken March 7, 2022, shows the condition of coral on the Great Barrier Reef, off the coast of the Australian state of Queensland, following periods of bleaching.
Analysis of more than 25,000 images from divers, tourism operators and recreational boats on Australia’s annual Great Reef Census is getting under way. Now in its fourth year, one of the world’s fastest-growing conservation projects is helping to gauge the health and degradation of the world’s largest coral system, which is suffering from another mass bleaching event.
People gather on a bridge where a woman's body was retrieved after floodwater washed away houses and people in Kamuchiri village, Nakuru county, Kenya, on April 30, 2024. At least 48 people were killed in the incident. A man sits on a tree trunk in flooded Kamuchiri village, Kenya, on April 30, 2024. Kenya has been overwhelmed by flooding that killed 66 people on Monday alone and in recent days has blocked a national highway, swamped the main airport and swept a bus off a bridge.