|  | on  (#6EG1Y) At least 27 people die in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, with more flooding expected. | 
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|  | on  (#6EGEN) Nasa said its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter took the image four days after India's historic Moon landing. | 
|  | on  (#6EG4Y) It ate thousands of seedlings that had been earmarked to help boost Australian koala habitat. | 
|  | on  (#6EG3E) Residents say that with Lake Baringo getting bigger they are at greater risk of attack. | 
|  | on  (#6EFWE) Around six billion tonnes of sand is dredged from the world's oceans every year, a new report says. | 
|  | on  (#6EG1Z) Torrential rain triggered flash flooding in parts of the country. | 
|  | on  (#6EFP0) Opposition MPs and campaigners share "horror" at potential sewage spills on dry days uncovered by BBC News. | 
|  | on  (#6EF2Q) Three major companies released sewage on dry days in breach of their permits - BBC investigation. | 
|  | on  (#6EEZZ) A selection of the winning images from the 2023 Bird Photographer of the Year award. | 
|  | on  (#6EEFE) The invasive insect threatens to get a foothold, with nests found in East Sussex, Kent, Devon and Dorset. | 
|  | on  (#6EF5T) It is hoped the Vikram lander and Pragyaan rover will reawaken when the next lunar day starts. | 
|  | on  (#6ED2Q) Aditya-L1 will carry out scientific studies of the Sun from a vantage point 1.5 million km above Earth. | 
|  | on  (#6ECT7) How young polar researchers in the UK are tackling the taboo subject of menstruation. | 
|  | on  (#6EB92) Looking like a pearl necklace, the object known as SN1987A is the closest star explosion to Earth. | 
|  | on  (#6EAPA) More than 300,000 people are still without power as Idalia, now a tropical storm, exits South Carolina. | 
|  | on  (#6EAM5) The conservation charity's boss says the "framing" of its social media post was "inappropriate". | 
|  | on  (#6EAT4) The rare spectacle, not expected again until 2037, lit up the skies - here are the best views from around the world. | 
|  | on  (#6EAT5) A photo of a stargazer fish is one of several highly commended in Wildlife Photographer of the Year. | 
|  | on  (#6EARE) One beekeeper who came to the rescue described a cloud of "angry, confused and homeless" bees. | 
|  | on  (#6EAPB) The unusual lunar phenomenon can be observed around the world on Wednesday and Thursday. | 
|  | on  (#6EA2B) The full Moon will be the largest and brightest of the year because of its close proximity to Earth. | 
|  | on  (#6E9Z6) Pragyaan has had an eventful week - dodging craters, taking the Moon's temperature and checking for sulphur. | 
|  | on  (#6E8XQ) The government says removing EU-era pollution restrictions on developments could "unblock" 100,000 new homes. | 
|  | on  (#6E8F9) The storm was captured nearing Cuba and on a path towards Florida where it is expected to make landfall. | 
|  | on  (#6E7EF) China sees both extreme heat and devastating floods, including in areas where flooding was unheard of. | 
|  | on  (#6E7B9) Indigenous communities in northern Argentina are determined to protect the land from lithium mining. | 
|  | on  (#6E5FG) Two weeks after she was in space with her mum, Ana Mayers is going back to university in Scotland. | 
|  | on  (#6E52J) The Wisbech farm doubles production of watermelons, despite the "challenging" British weather. | 
|  | on  (#6CQDV) Japan wants to release Fukushima's waste water into the ocean - and a lot of people are not happy. | 
|  | on  (#6E473) Chandrayaan-3's rover Pragyaan exits Vikram lander and takes first steps near the little-explored south pole. | 
|  | on  (#6E3KE) Chandrayaan-3 has created history by landing near the little-explored south pole of the Moon. | 
|  | on  (#6E319) If successful, India will be only the fourth country to have achieved a soft landing on the Moon. | 
|  | on  (#6E2ZZ) The charge for the most polluting vehicles will be expanded to all London boroughs next week. | 
|  | on  (#6E218) The East of England is "seriously water-stressed" and its biggest water firm is working on upgrades. | 
|  | on  (#6E1VJ) The tiny insect, the scarce yellow sally, is bred in a zoo, raising hopes for saving the species. | 
|  | on  (#6E1FK) BBC science correspondent Pallab Ghosh has the age of his heart assessed by artificial intelligence. | 
|  | on  (#6DYDT) Landslides and flash floods have killed dozens in India's Himalayan states this month. | 
|  | on  (#6DXFR) Officials fear fire could reach Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories by the weekend. | 
|  | on  (#6DXT0) More than 200 water voles are released in restored habitat in Cumbria, having previously been wiped out. | 
|  | on  (#6DWBQ) How charity investigators went undercover to outwit a global wildlife trafficking gang. | 
|  | on  (#6DWBR) Unlike his Indiana Jones character, Ford says he likes snakes and called the discovery "humbling". | 
|  | on  (#6DV8T) Indonesia's mangrove forests are being felled to make charcoal - locals say they have to make a living. | 
|  | on  (#6DR75) The Russian mission is racing against India to be the first country to land on the Moon's south pole. | 
|  | on  (#6DR5S) Hundreds of key environmental science terms added to the British Sign Language dictionary. | 
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|  | on  (#6DQWF) Severe cold a million years ago forced our ancestors from the continent, but they adapted and returned. | 
|  | on  (#6DQMZ) Physicists believe that an unknown force could be acting on sub-atomic particles known as muons. | 
|  | on  (#6DQ63) Virgin Galactic aims to fly an 80-year-old former Olympian, a mother and her daughter into space. | 
|  | on  (#6DQ15) People have jumped into the sea to escape flames from wildfires being fuelled by hurricane winds. | 
|  | on  (#6DP0Y) A summit in Brazil sees the countries that share the Amazon basin agree only to a new alliance on the issue. |