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.
Sebastien Lascoux was absorbed in the music when three Islamist militants burst into the Bataclan concert hall in Paris and opened fire on the crowd, killing 90 people including one of his friends.
A wild dolphin nicknamed “Mimmo” has become a regular visitor in the waters off Venice's St. Mark's Square, captivating tourists but raising concerns about its safety amid heavy marine traffic.
Hundreds of relatives of Spain’s Valencia flood victims attended a state funeral led by King Felipe on Wednesday, a year after the tragedy that killed 237 people.
