Spectators across Spain watched in wonder, some whipping off their protective glasses and rising to their feet in unison, as a rare total ​solar eclipse swept across the north of the country on Wednesday evening, plunging it into darkness.

Nearly 169,000 women and girls have sought support from the Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre over the past 42 years.

More than 7.5 million beverage containers have been returned for recycling across Fiji in the first six months of this year, with collection numbers more than doubling between the first and second quarters.

Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines have joined forces to strengthen ASEAN’s presence in Fiji and the Pacific with the launch of the ASEAN Committee in Suva.

Tourists and residents fled villages in the Halkidiki region of northern Greece by land and sea on ​Thursday as a wildfire fanned by strong winds engulfed houses and ‌trees near a resort during the heart of holiday season.