Pygmy hippo fever: Moo Deng now has a theme song

But first, New Delhi has shut down schools to protect children from hazardous smog, as air pollution gets worse in parts of Asia with winter approaching. Meanwhile, the COP29 climate summit continues in Azerbaijan, with governments at loggerheads over a new climate finance deal.

Plus, as half a million students across South Korea sat for the most important exam of their life – the Suneung – a record number of them were re-taking it in a bid to capitalise on recent medical school reforms that sparked outrage among junior doctors and caused a months-long strike.