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Comparisons might help us picture the immensity of what’s happening in Pakistan. But what they can’t convey is the suffering that people are going through. Rebecca Barber reflects on the human scope of this month’s catastrophic floods in Pakistan.

I spoke earlier this week at an annual retreat of a very different kind of charity – ARK.

Anna Marriott reports from Sierra Leone, where campaigners’ efforts are making a real difference to people’s lives.

Last year at this time, southern Ethiopia battled drought. This year, the rain continues to fall, weeks past the normal season.

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With only 5 per cent of rivers in England and Wales described as being in a pristine condition a new survey has been launched by a coalition of conservationists to celebrate and bring attention to some of Britain's best loved and long forgotten rivers.

With only 5 per cent of rivers in England and Wales described as being in a pristine condition a new survey has been launched by a coalition of conservationists to celebrate and bring attention to some of Britain's best loved and long forgotten rivers.

So if everyone in the world could live wherever they wanted, where would they all end up? Not the countries you might suspect – biggest proportional population increases would be in Singapore and New Zealand, according to a survey by Gallup. Biggest losers less surprising – Sierra Leone, Haiti and Zimbabwe would each lose half their population.