Humanitarian & Biosphere

Severe drought was declared in parts of southern England, Istanbul faced record rainfall killing two, and haze from Indonesian fires shut schools in East Timor. Arctic sea ice hit a troubling low, NOAA grant cuts threaten U.S. climate resilience, and a tuna meeting ended without seabird protections.

In Pakistan, a school roof collapse killed 17 students and a teacher. A funding gap threatens 57,000 after an earthquake in Colombia compounded by El Niño, while Tzu Chi delivered aid to Japan's Kumamoto Prefecture after another quake.

The WHO called for faster action against lead exposure killing 3.5 million yearly. Afghanistan's strong harvest failed to stem worsening food insecurity and child malnutrition, while children in Sudan faced drone threats disrupting schools. In Yemen, a cholera outbreak spread rapidly amid displacement, and overlapping emergencies deepened health needs in the occupied Palestinian territory and Eastern Mediterranean Region.

And elsewhere, a new satellite tool revealed incursions on Indigenous lands in Bolivia's Amazon.