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A day of active weather is expected across the country. From severe storms in the Midwest to monsoon flooding in the Southwest, CNN Meteorologist Tyler Mauldin discusses all of today's threats,

Sri Ganganagar (India) (AFP) – India's poor seek ways to keep cool under the scorching sun in desert city Sri Ganganagar where — as in many parts of India — people struggle to find respite from a warming planet.

From Cuba to Colombia, South Africa to Lebanon, tensions are igniting across the globe as angry citizens take to the streets over grievances, in part stemming from the governments' response to Covid-19. CNN's Nic Robertson reports.

Soldiers and police struggled to restore order in parts of South Africa after dozens of people were killed in the worst violence and looting the country has seen in decades. CNN's David McKenzie reports.

Despite a spike in coronavirus cases in Myanmar, around a hundred women march briefly in Yangon's Botahtaung township to protest against the military coup which brought the army to power in February.

Guadalajara (Mexico) (AFP) – A baby boy hippopotamus was born at the Guadalajara Zoo in Mexico. Weighing at 30 kilos, he spends his day swimming and lounging in the sun with his mother Tami.

Bangladeshis are rushing home to celebrate Eid al-Adha, the country's second-biggest religious festival, despite a lockdown and rise in coronavirus cases. However, authorities have said the nationwide coronavirus lockdown will be lifted Thursday, even as new infections soared to record levels.

Indonesians line up to refill oxygen tanks as the country's virus infections rise significantly. Daily cases soared to a record of 47,899 new infections and 864 deaths on Tuesday.

If the Olympics were held on time last year, Ryota Yamagata wouldn't have qualified. One year later, he's been named captain of the country's delegation at the games in Tokyo. CNN's Blake Essig sits down with the Olympian to talk about how he took advantage of the pandemic to earn the opportunity to represent Japan at Tokyo 2020.

Activist Amy Hagstrom Miller speaks about a recently passed Texas law that would allow private citizens to sue individuals thought to have assisted in violating the state's heartbeat ban abortion bill, barring most abortions at the onset of a fetal heartbeat.

The US wildfire season is off to its worst start in a decade, especially in California. CNN's Stephanie Elam reports.

Seven COVID-19 vaccines have received the green light from the World Health Organization so far. And as new variants of the coronavirus evolve, questions arise about how well each vaccine works. It can get confusing. But as VOA's Steve Baragona reports, when it comes to keeping people out of the hospital and the grave, any shot will help.