The week in photos: October 31 to November 6, 2026
A recap of news, sports, lifestyle, entertainment, and human interest images from the Philippines and around the globe
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Climate Change | Editors' Pick | Environment | Global Affairs | National News | Philippine News | देश-विदेश
The ocean can be our best bet vs climate change. It’s finally at the heart of COP31.
A healthy ocean — which is finally getting its moment at this year’s United Nations climate talks — is considered ‘nature’s greatest climate regulator’ and an integral key to reducing emissions.
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COP31 summit leaders urge crisis-wracked world to move faster on climate
(2nd UPDATE) This year is on track to be one of the four hottest on record, driven by a powerful El Niño, says a United Nations report
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Pope Leo had peaceful night in hospital after lung cancer surgery
(1st UPDATE) The doctors say in a joint statement that the entire lower lobe of the right lung was removed in an effort to eliminate all cancerous tissue
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The week in photos: October 10-16, 2026
A recap of news, sports, lifestyle, entertainment, and human interest images from the Philippines and around the globe
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The week in photos: September 19-25, 2026
A recap of news, sports, lifestyle, entertainment, and human interest images from the Philippines and around the globe
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Editors' Pick | Europe | Global Affairs | Newsmakers | People | Science | US & Canada | देश-विदेश
German and US scientists win Nobel medicine prize for work on optogenetics
Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel were selected for their ‘discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics’
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Francis Halzen wins Nobel physics prize for Antarctic ‘ghost particle’ hunt
(1st UPDATE) Halzen, 82, realized that pristine ice at the South Pole could be used to track such neutrinos, sometimes known as ‘ghost particles’ for the way they pass through the Earth without a trace, only interacting with matter extremely rarely
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Nobel chemistry prize goes to pair who solved mystery of ‘mirror image’ molecules
The work of French scientist Henri Kagan and Japanese scientist Kenso Soai is built on a discovery by the 19th century French chemist Louis Pasteur
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Former ICC judge Navi Pillay wins 2026 Nobel Peace Prize
Navi Pillay is a former International Criminal Court judge who oversaw a UN report that concluded that Israel committed genocide in Gaza
