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This biologist-turned-surfer builds boards made out of plastic waste and uses them for expeditions that highlight global issues around plastic pollution.

In Latvia's capital, a pasta order comes in and a robotic arm springs into action at the Roboeatz eatery. Within 5 minutes, a piping hot plate is ready. Roboeatz aims to revolutionise the fast food industry with its innovative use of technology.

Mugla (Turkey) (AFP) – Fire crews tackle blazes for a fourth day as the number of people killed in forest fires sweeping through southern Turkey rises to at least six.

Sreenagar (Bangladesh) (AFP) – Hundreds of thousands of garment workers race to catch ferries back to the Bangladesh capital Dhaka from their rural homes after the government said export factories could reopen despite a deadly coronavirus wave. With the economy badly hit by the pandemic, the Bangaldeshi government excluded the factories that supply top brands in Europe and North America from a nationwide lockdown order.

Borno (Nigeria) (AFP) – Nigerian authorities enlist the help of traditional hunters to guard farmers in their fields against attacks from the radical Islamist insurgent group Boko Haram.

Drew Charter School Head Peter McKnight joins CNN's Boris Sanchez to discuss the measures his school is taking as more than 100 students are quarantining after students and faculty tested positive for Covid-19.

A record number of rural hospitals are closing across the United States during the Covid pandemic. For this community in Georgia, it's no different. Many here will have to cross state lines, even if that means traveling an hour, to get urgent medical care.