Feb 10 - Every week, Reuters journalists produce scores of multimedia features and human-interest stories from around the world.
Below are some stories from this week selected by our editors, as well as explanatory context and background to help you understand world headlines. For a full schedule of news and events, please go to our editorial calendar on Reuters Connect https://www.reutersconnect.com/planning.
Back in school at 98, Kenyan woman sets example for next generation
NANDI, Kenya - In a stone classroom in rural Kenya's Rift Valley, Priscilla Sitienei, who turns 99 on Friday, takes notes alongside fellow pupils who are all more than eight decades younger than her. (KENYA-EDUCATION/GRANDMA (PIX, TV), 380 words)
Tunisian enthusiast recreates sea snail purple dye that defined ancient royals
TUNIS - A Tunisian history enthusiast is making dye from sea snail shells inspired by a school project decades ago on ancient Carthage and the purple coloring that brought fabulous wealth to the classical world. (TUNISIA-CULTURE/PURPLE DYE (TV, PIX), 480 words) [nL8N2UJ27V
Los Angeles revs up party scene for hometown Super Bowl
LOS ANGELES - With COVID-19 cases receding and spirits rising, Los Angeles is set to party hard ahead of Sunday's Super Bowl with its biggest slate of events since the pandemic hit nearly two years ago. (FOOTBALL-NFL-SUPERBOWL/PARTIES (PIX, TV), 603 words)
With superheroes and puppets, Philippines boosts child vaccination drive
MANILA - Ironman, Captain America, puppeteers and performers on stilts entertain children at a vaccination center in the Philippines, part of a drive to boost its COVID-19 inoculation campaign among its youngest citizens. (HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/PHILIPPINES (PIX, TV), 301 words)
Female-led Egyptian ensemble keeps rhythmic folk music alive
CAIRO - Backed by a troupe on drums and tambourines, 72-year-old Um Sameh performs songs that gradually crescendo against waves of percussion. One of the last practitioners of Zar music, she is part of an ensemble called Mazaher that was formed to keep the traditional art form alive. (EGYPT-CULTURE/ZAR (TV, PIX), 167 words)
Nerve-stimulation device helps paralyzed patients walk, cycle and swim
NEW YORK - Three patients whose lower bodies were left completely paralyzed after spinal cord injuries were able to walk, cycle and swim using a nerve-stimulation device controlled by a touchscreen tablet, researchers reported. (HEALTH-PARALYSIS/REHABILITATION (TV, PIX), 815 words)
Mandatory masks, tests as NY Fashion Week embraces 'new normal'
NEW YORK - Fashionistas will be accessorizing their outfits with mandatory masks to attend New York Fashion Week this season, adhering to strict COVID-19 protocols put in place for smaller catwalk shows. (FASHION-NEW YORK/PREVIEW (TV, PIX), 323 words)
All-women news organization in rural India elated at Oscar nod
LUCKNOW, India - The pioneering team at an all-women, rural news organization in northern India say they are ecstatic after a documentary film on their crusading reporting, especially around the hardships faced by lower caste communities, won an Oscar nomination. (AWARDS-OSCARS/INDIA-DOCUMENTARY (PIX), 355 words)
Ireland's St. Patrick's Day parade returns after three-year COVID absence
DUBLIN - Ireland will celebrate St. Patrick's Day with a parade through the streets of Dublin for the first time in three years next month - and organizers hope the green-festooned festivities will energize a tourism sector hammered by a tough lockdown regime. (STPATRICKS-DAY/IRELAND (PIX, TV), 330 words)
World’s glaciers contain less ice than thought - report
LONDON - Advances in satellite technology have revealed that the world's glaciers contain significantly less ice than previously thought, according to a study published in Nature Geoscience. (CLIMATE CHANGE-GLACIERS/ (PIX), 459 words)
EXPLANATORY CONTENT
Global vaccination tracker https://tmsnrt.rs/39xWS94
Global COVID-19 cases and deaths https://tmsnrt.rs/32CyMHu
U.S. COVID-19 cases and deaths https://tmsnrt.rs/2WTOZDR
FACTBOX-The U.S. redistricting legal battles that could affect control of Congress
EXPLAINER-Ukraine: clouds on the horizon for Europe's economy
EXPLAINER-How Ottawa's anti-vaccine mandate protests are spreading globally
(Compiled by Mark Porter and Patrick Enright)
