Dec 2 - Every week, Reuters journalists produce scores of multimedia features and human-interest stories from around the world.
Below are some stories from this week selected by our editors, as well as explanatory context and background to help you understand world headlines. For a full schedule of news and events, please go to our editorial calendar on Reuters Connect https://www.reutersconnect.com/planning.
Fracking fashion: Argentine designers turns shale sand bags into handbags
BUENOS AIRES - An Argentine fashion firm has found a new source of inspiration - and materials - in an unlikely location: oil industry burlap plastic sacks from the country's huge Vaca Muerta shale formation, which they recycle to make shoes, bags and purses. (ARGENTINA-FASHION/SHALE (PIX, TV), 313 words)
Fidel Castro's boots, binoculars, jeep on display in Cuba's newest museum
HAVANA - A bust of Fidel Castro from China's Xi Jinping, the army jeep in which he crossed Cuba, his well-worn boots and his Russian-made assault rifle are just a few of the long-time Cuban leader's possessions on display at a new museum in his honor. (CUBA-FIDELCASTRO/MUSEUM (TV, PIX), 302 words)
Princess Diana photo exhibition tours three U.S. cities
SANTA MONICA, Calif. - A new exhibition featuring photographs of the late Princess Diana will be on display in three U.S. cities starting this month. (BRITAIN-ROYALS/DIANA-EXHIBITION (PIX, TV), 324 words)
Singapore tests out 'smart bandage' for remote recovery
SINGAPORE - Researchers in Singapore have developed a smart bandage to enable patients to have chronic wounds monitored remotely via an app on a mobile device, potentially saving them visits to the doctor. (SINGAPORE-SMART BANDAGE/ (PIX, TV), 249 words)
Domestic chores put Burundian on track to cycling success
NAIROBI - For 19-year-old Burundian Adelphine Nimfasha, regularly carrying more than twice her own weight in rice on her father's bicycle proved to be excellent - albeit unusual - preparation for becoming a professional cyclist. (CYCLING-BURUNDI/ (PIX, TV), 356 words)
Hardy 69-year-old man survives 22 hours on capsized boat off Japan
TOKYO - A 69-year-old man survived 22 hours lost at sea off southern Japan, sitting on the stern of his capsized boat cloaked in a tarpaulin to protect him from the wind and spray. (JAPAN-BOAT/RESCUE (TV), 223 words)
A Brazilian town empties as migration to U.S. accelerates
ALPERCATA, Brazil - Amid tearful goodbyes, Ana Paula Souza, her husband and their infant son set off for the United States, one of hundreds of families to depart the small Brazilian town of Alpercata in recent months. (USA-IMMIGRATION/BRAZIL (INSIGHT, PIX, TV), 1,294 words)
A clown and an orchestra: conductor brings love of music to the stage
LONDON - Mexican conductor Alondra de la Parra hopes to entice audiences with her love of classical music through a new multi-disciplinary performance in which she pairs an orchestra and a clown on stage. (MUSIC-THE SILENCE OF SOUND/ (TV, PIX), 390 words)
Nigerian priest saves traditional artifacts from Christian converts
ENUGU, Nigeria - A Roman Catholic priest is collecting and saving hundreds of traditional pre-Christian religious artifacts in southeast Nigeria that new converts to Christianity had planned to burn. (NIGERIA-ARTEFACTS/RELIGION (TV, PIX), 294 words)
Fruit galore: Thai monkey festival returns as tourists come back
LOPBURI, Thailand - Watched by tourists and locals, thousands of monkeys in Lopburi in central Thailand feasted on two metric tons of fruits and vegetables after the town's Monkey Festival resumed following a two-year hiatus caused by the pandemic. (THAILAND-MONKEYS/ (TV, PIX), 280 words)
EXPLANATORY CONTENT
Global vaccination tracker https://tmsnrt.rs/39xWS94
Global COVID-19 cases and deaths https://tmsnrt.rs/32CyMHu
U.S. COVID-19 cases and deaths https://tmsnrt.rs/2WTOZDR
FACTBOX-Global spread of Omicron cases
FACTBOX-Who is Twitter's new CEO Parag Agrawal?
TIMELINE-Dorsey's journey from microblogging pioneer to billionaire
TIMELINE-Key dates leading up to Ghislaine Maxwell's sex abuse trial (Compiled by Patrick Enright and Mark Porter)
