The World in Action

Natural disaster This is scary. The heat is literally off the charts [more] It's so hot in Australia they had to add new colours to their weather maps
Mayan apocalypse: The best of the end of the world As doomsday nears, a look at how people around the world are getting ready ...	Guatemala devastated by massive earthquake With dozens dead and many more missing, rescue operations are still under way ...
Sandy brings deadly disease risk to Haiti Storm killed dozens of Haitians, but now cholera threat is the bigger danger ...	After Sandy, an unexpected Obama fan New York mayor in surprise endorsement of Obama, citing urgency of climate change ...
IN PICTURES: Hurricane Sandy's trail of destruction From the Caribbean to Canada, citizens are picking up the pieces ...	That's what flooded my garden! Scientists say rising ocean temperatures triggered extreme weather in Australia ...