On top of war, Afghanstan's hospitals are collapsing under the weight of Covid-19.

Floating plastic detritus is transporting various marine species around the world, to other regions where they can become intrusive pests and wipe out native species.

* The [G7] summit was a golden opportunity to avoid countless deaths. History will judge the rich world's failure harshly.*

*UK health inequalities made worse by Covid crisis. Disadvantaged groups have faced greatest disruption to medical care.*

The underlying long-term cause of this is steadily increasing underfunding of the NHS. Tories keep saying that they will get more done with less money; but always the result is less done, so some poor people get squeezed out the cracks.

Global heating will make major Australian cities unlivable in a few decades.