Image copyright Reuters Image caption A famous geyser at Yellowstone National parks are re-opening across the US, and people are overjoyed. After weeks of staying at home, they are desperate to go outdoors. But is it safe? Judah Brass, 19, has been hunkered down in Knoxville, Tennessee, with his parents and brothers and sisters for weeks. But a few days ago, they went for a hike in the Great Smoky Mountains in a park near their house. “Standing in the …

Image copyright Reuters A church in Berlin has opened its doors to Muslim worshippers unable to fit into their mosque under new social distancing rules. Germany allowed religious services to resume on 4 May but worshippers must maintain a distance of 1.5m (5ft). As a result the Dar Assalam mosque in the city’s Neukölln district could only hold a fraction of its congregation. But the Martha Lutheran church in Kreuzberg offered to help by hosting Friday prayers at the end …

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionThe crash happened in the Model Colony residential area One of the survivors of Friday’s plane crash in the Pakistani city of Karachi has described his ordeal, saying all he could see “was fire”. Passenger Muhammad Zubair was one of at least two passengers who survived after the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Airbus A320 came down in a residential area. Health authorities in Sindh province said 92 deaths had been confirmed. The …

Social media is awash with posts containing fake and misleading information about the coronavirus pandemic. We’ve been fact-checking some of those claims most widely shared this week. Image copyright STATE DUMA Image caption Members of the Russian parliament have been spotted wearing badges that claim to protect the wearer from coronavirus. Bogus ‘protective’ badges So-called “protective” badges which ward off viruses are being sold around the world. Some of the badges, featuring a white cross design, appear to be of …

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Heinrich Himmler was head of the SS and a key architect of the Holocaust A document vital to the capture of top Nazi Heinrich Himmler has been unearthed in the UK 75 years after his death. The items belonging to the SS leader, found in the possessions of a judge, are now due to go on display. On 22 May 1945, a trio of odd-looking men were spotted by a patrol near a checkpoint …

Image copyright Mercy Juma The chairs were placed at least 1m (3ft) apart – family sat on one side, church officials on the other. Everyone wore a mask. Everyone knew of the strict instructions that the Kenyan government had laid down for funerals during the coronavirus pandemic. Only 15 people could gather for the burial of my cousin, Chris, and everything had to be done by 09:00 local time. By 07:00 the rest of us had gathered, in front of …