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The pope's trip comes as the Orthodox world appears more fragmented than ever, with the war in Ukraine accelerating the split between the Moscow and Constantinople patriarchates.

The samples act like genetic fingerprints, helping researchers avoid counting the same animal twice.

European eels are considered critically endangered and their trade has been restricted by CITES since 2009.

Eleven pink-painted elephants marched through Bangkok on Thursday, bowing in unison outside the Grand Palace in a lumbering tribute to the late queen mother.

The discovery is the latest twist in the tale of human evolution and could even cast some doubt on the status of Lucy's species, Australopithecus afarensis, as the direct ancestor of Homo sapiens.