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WWF staff participate in a rally calling for action on climate change on Doha, Qatar on the sidelines of COP18 talks.

An average of 20 typhoons a year strike the Philippines.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon talks with government ministers of Burkina Faso in the capital Ouagadougou.

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Amnesty International says it has uncovered proof that Shell Petroleum conceals the amount of oil it spills in Nigeria's Niger Delta region. Shell maintains most of the oil it loses is due to theft, not to slipshod operations and management.

Heavy rains have washed out a strategic road connecting South Sudan and Uganda, stranding travellers and truck drivers at the border and severely disrupting trade.

Iceberg, Pleneau Bay, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica

The Pacific Catastrophe Risk Insurance Pilot was renewed for its second season, with Cook Islands newly joining five other participating Pacific island countries - Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, and Vanuatu - to gain insurance coverage against earthquake, tsunami and tropical cyclone risk. The second season will run from November 1, 2013 to October 31, 2014.

According to media reports, the European Commission could back the cultivation of a new genetically modified (GM) crop in Europe, despite concerns by EU scientists about its impact on butterflies, moths and other pollinators, and despite substantial gaps in its safety testing.