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CNN's Clarissa Ward speaks to Afghan women about what the Taliban's return to power means for them and their daughters.

Kabul has fallen to the Taliban and social media giants are scrambling to figure out how to deal with the situation. CNN's Brian Stelter reports.

CNN's Brianna Keilar breaks down the story behind one of the most defining images of the evacuation effort in Afghanistan: refugees packed in the cargo hold of a C-17 plane as it leaves the country.

Gonfaron (France) (AFP) – Violent forest fires have been raging in the Var region of southern France where thousands of people have been evacuated including tourists from campsites. The fires are spreading at a speed of 4km per hour and hundreds of firefighters are battling the blaze in windy conditions.

Every three years, Belgian beaches turn into an open-air gallery. And artists from around the world exhibit their work. Their sculptures and installations evoke the marine ecosystem.

A panda bred via artificial insemination has been born in Singapore's zoo, the first cub to be born in the city-state. Jia Jia, the zoo's 12-year-old female giant panda, gave birth to the cub after she was artificially inseminated with frozen semen from 13-year-old Kai Kai.

Herat (Afghanistan) (AFP) – As concern grows internationally about an expected clampdown by the Taliban on women's rights, students at one girls' school are "happy" to be returning. Schools in Herat faced long closures due to the Covid-19 pandemic and ongoing security concerns over Taliban advances before insurgents finally captured the city on August 12.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says Afghanistan's "situation is extremely serious and unpredictable" after the Tabiban takeover and that what is happening in the country "is a tragedy".