Germany’s Harz Mountains in winter

A new lease of life is being given to an abandoned observatory, perched spectacularly 2,000 metres up on a snowcapped peak in Ukraine's Carpathian Mountains.

Slow motion video shows snow falling on Australia's alpine region in summer.

Germany's Harz Mountains are a popular destination for hikers and wintersports enthusiasts. Some love climbing its highest peak, the Brocken, to take in the view. Others enjoy the ski slopes lining the Wurmberg Mountain.

Tunisian mountain militants butcher desert shepherds.

Several people were injured in a Swiss resort town when a gondola cable snapped during maintenance work. Swiss emergency workers deployed four helicopters to the scene near Lucerne.

Film show: Jeff Goldblum perfects lobotomies in 'The Mountain'.

Protesters have demanded that state authorities scrap plans to build a billion-dollar telescope on "sacred space." But Hawaii's governor has refused and instead expanded powers for police to "ensure public safety."

There are only 100 of the critically-endangered Mountain Bongo antelope left in the wild in its native Kenya. But the only Mountain Bongo breeding program in the world is hoping to boost the species’ numbers.

Canadian Finance Minister Bill Morneau discusses the federal election results and what a Liberal minority government could do to reach out to Canada's western provinces.

We look at criticism levelled against Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro over the coronavirus outbreak. Plus, Bill Gates outlines how the US can salvage its weak response to the pandemic. We also find out why some countries have banned April Fools' Day. And a crew of mountain goats invade a Welsh town that's become deserted because of the coronavirus!

The papers look at the situation in Lebanon, one month after the deadly explosions which devastated large parts of Beirut. Also, the Australian papers are outraged over the arrest of a pregnant woman who created a Facebook event seen as "anti-lockdown". Here in France, a literary scandal has erupted between a famous writer and his philosopher son. And Uganda's mountain gorillas enjoy a Covid-19 baby boom!

Following a call of defiance from the “Highlanders’ Veto” movement, the first restaurants and hotels in Poland’s Tatra Mountains re-open despite a partial lockdown. Police and health officials have conducted inspections, fining business owners 30,000 zloty (around 6,600 euros) each. On Monday, Poland's government extended most of the anti-virus restrictions through the end of the month, requiring ski slopes, gyms and hotels to remain closed to the general public and restaurants to only do takeaway service.