Voters under 30 account for a sixth of Europe's electorate. That's an important group for political parties to win over during this EU election season. Young people are less likely to take part in European elections than older generations, which makes them a prize for parties that know how to clinch their votes.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's term in office was supposed to end on May 20, 2024, but new elections have been suspended for as long as wartime Ukraine operates under martial law.

With just one week to go before South Africa heads to the polls, we head to Cape Town, where our correspondent tells us what's at stake before the crucial day.

With over 830,000 inmates, Brazil has the third-largest prison population in the world, behind only the US and China. According to data from the National Secretariat for Penal Policy, there are almost 166,000 more prisoners than there are places currently available in the country's jails. In some penitentiaries, such as in the state of Rio de Janeiro, prison overcrowding can reach 190 percent. Brazilian prisons are also regularly the scene of rebellions and massacres.

Disgustingly resilient, the German cockroach is the most widespread roach of all roachkind. A recent study reconstructed its origins and charted its unstoppable rise.

Rescuers are searching for survivors after a devastating landslide in Enga, a remote highland region of the South Pacific nation. Papua New Guinea, the second most populous nation in the South Pacific after Australia, is a developing country with a largely subsistence farming population.