Jesus may answer prayers but he has not made special appearances in a small town in the north of France, the Vatican said on Wednesday.

In the hours after the Louvre heist, Belgian police were alerted by France to watch for anyone trying to hawk the stolen jewels, according to two Antwerp police officers.

On an overcast morning, Nurun Nabi loads bamboo poles and tin sheets onto a wooden boat as his home built just a year ago on a fragile Brahmaputra island faces submersion.