A visual guide to understanding the deadly floods in Spain
The storm delivered a year’s worth of rainfall in just a few hours. The unprecedented downpour overwhelmed rivers, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake
Visual analysis: Location and evolution of the quakes in Turkey and Syria
The 7.8 magnitude tremor is the strongest recorded in the region in more than 20 years
How the Azovstal steel plant turned into the last bastion of Ukrainian resistance in Mariupol
The Kremlin is focusing its attacks on the port city on the only refuge left for Ukraine’s soldiers and civilians: an enormous complex filled with industrial warehouses, rail tracks and subterranean tunnels
The Russian attack in maps: Troops cross the Ukrainian border
Vladimir Putin announced the start of a ‘special military operation’ in the early hours of Thursday morning, which has already seen major explosions in various parts of the east of the former Soviet republic
In just eight months, Spain hits target of fully vaccinating 70% of population
A total of 33.2 million people are completely immunized against Covid-19, a milestone no other country of comparative size has reached in such a short period of time
Why 14 million Spaniards are at risk from earthquakes
Swathes of the Iberian peninsula form part of a ‘hot zone’ for seismic activity due to the increasing proximity of tectonic plates, the impact this has on fault lines and the specific characteristics of the land