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A New South Wales State Emergency Service (SES) crew is seen in a rescue boat as roads are submerged under floodwater from the swollen Hawkesbury River in Windsor, northwest of Sydney, Monday, July 4, 2022.

More than 3 feet of rain triggers evacuation warnings in Australia's largest city

Parts of Sydney's 5 million people are facing a fourth flooding emergency in less than a year and a half after torrential rain caused dams to overflow and waterways to break their banks.

A rescue helicopter hovers over the Punta Rocca glacier near Canazei, in the Italian Alps in northern Italy, on Monday, a day after a huge chunk of the glacier broke loose, sending an avalanche of ice, snow, and rocks onto hikers.

Alpine avalanche in Italy leaves 7 known dead

An Italian regional leader said that 14 persons remained unaccounted for: 10 Italians, three from Czechia and one from Austria.

Malick Gueye, spokesperson for the Manteros Union, at the Pantera store in the neighborhood of Lavapiés, Madrid. The union represents street vendors who say they face racist harassment on the streets.

Street vendors in Spain face racist harassment. So they came together to open a store

Street vendors in Madrid, Spain, are mostly immigrants from Africa. In response to racism and police harassment, they banded together to form a union and open a store to safely sell their merchandise.

Students at Amor de Dios Flamenco Center practice for their upcoming showcase.

At Madrid's Amor de Dios flamenco center, dancers are finding their rhythm again

The pandemic placed competitive flamenco dancing on pause in Madrid. Now the passion and the intimacy of the artform are back on stage.

Armed police and an ambulance are seen outside the Field's shopping center in Orestad, Copenhagen, Denmark, on Sunday.

A gunman killed 3 people and wounded others at a Copenhagen mall

A 22-year-old suspect was arrested after the shooting at the Field's shopping mall in Denmark's capital. Police said the victims included a man in his 40s and two young people.

'Fire of Love' is the romantic and working relationship of the Kraftt volcanologists

"Fire of Love" is a documentary about volcanologists Katia and Maurice Krafft. NPR's Shannon Bond asks director Sara Dosa about it and about the lives of the Kraffts.

Ukrainian farmer Mykhailo Liubchenko, 72, says he'll likely burn the field he stands in front of because unexploded ordnance makes harvesting the grain possibly fatal.

Ukraine's farmers face Russia's blockade and explosives on their lands this harvest

Farmers in Ukraine begin to harvest this year's wheat, barley and rapeseed crops as diplomats try to negotiate an end to Russia's Black Sea blockade of exports.

Japan is suffering a blistering heat wave and energy crunch

Japan is sweltering amid a heat wave not seen in decades. As the country deals with an energy crunch, businesses are trying to save energy by turning lights down and thermostats up.

A Ukrainian serviceman changes his position at the frontline near Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Saturday, July 2, 2022.

Russia claims it has captured the pivotal city of Lysychansk in eastern Ukraine

Russian forces are strengthening their positions in a grueling fight to capture the last stronghold of resistance in eastern Ukraine's Luhansk province, the region's governor said Sunday.

American Airlines experienced a technical glitch in its pilot scheduling platform overnight, reportedly prompting the cancellation of thousands of flights scheduled for this month.

A scheduling glitch temporarily canceled thousands of American Airlines flights

After a technical issue in the company's scheduling system reportedly dropped thousands of flights planned for this month, American Airlines said "the vast majority" of the trips had been restored.

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