The US Geological Survey suggested that "significant casualties are likely and the disaster is potentially widespread" after the earthquake in Mazar-e Sharif.
There is no doubt that the climate crisis is the most consequential of global issues. But can what Prince William says or does drag attention away from what has been a monumental royal scandal?
Many were remembering relatives who were targeted in the dictator's infamous purges, marking Russia's annual day of remembrance. But while the focus was ostensibly on the past, one couldn't help but think about the present too.