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Nature Photo Awards 2026: 50 Spectacular Photos That Show Animals In Their Wildest Moments

The Nature Photo Awards 2026 is a photography competition dedicated to showcasing the breathtaking beauty, power, and fragility of the natural world. From majestic wildlife and serene landscapes to tiny details and dramatic weather phenomena, the competition celebrates nature through the art of photography while giving photographers from around the…

Bored Panda · Aug 26

A Kenyan mother bled for hours after childbirth and died as healthcare remains weak

The white sand beaches of one of Kenya's most popular tourist areas line a region with one of the country's highest rates of deaths around childbirth

The Independent UK · Aug 26

Relentless heat and drought take a toll on herders’ physical and mental health, in Kenya and the US

If being outside in the heat for even a few minutes felt miserable this summer, imagine what it’s like for herders who are always out walking with their livestock and rarely get a break.

The Conversation · Aug 25

Shepherd looking for his missing goat finds natural gold worth $280 at a remote village in Africa; now 10,000 miners have arrived there hoping to find more gold

A Kenyan shepherd searching for his missing goat stumbled upon gold and later sold three grams for about $280. His discovery helped trigger a rush to Cheporor, where around 10,000 people arrived at its peak hoping to strike gold. Authorities now say the size and commercial value of the deposit…

The Economic Times · Aug 24

The Great Wildebeest Migration in Masai Mara: A Budget Safari Guide for Indian Travellers

What the Crossing Actually Looks LikeNothing prepares you for the sound. Before you see a single wildebeest, you hear the herd, a low, collective grunt that builds like a crowd outside a stadium. Then the bank opposite fills with bodies, thousands of them pressed together, and the animals at the…

Times Life · Aug 24

Tanzania Serengeti and Zanzibar: The Africa Safari Indian Travellers Keep Postponing and Should Book

The list that never becomes a ticketYou have had this trip on your mind for a while. Maybe since you watched a wildlife documentary and the Serengeti looked so enormous and so quiet that you felt something shift. Maybe since a colleague came back from Tanzania and you asked too…

Times Life · Aug 24

The Indian Heritage Trail in Kenya: How a Railway Built a Diaspora That Never Left

The Line That Cost 2,500 LivesBetween 1896 and 1901, the British colonial government shipped roughly 32,000 workers from India, most of them from Punjab and Gujarat, to build a railway across 900 kilometres of East African terrain. They called it the Uganda Railway. Winston Churchill, who visited the finished line…

Times Life · Aug 24

Mystery elephant deaths in Kenya leave experts divided over cause

Conservationists and Maasai communities are calling for urgent answers as paralysis-like symptoms spread among elephants in Kenya's Amboseli National Park, with competing theories emerging over what is causing their deaths.

Radio France Internationale · Aug 23

A Miami restaurateur was among the 7 people killed in a Kenya helicopter crash

The family of a Miami restaurateur say they are “devastated and heartbroken” after he and six others were killed by a safari helicopter crash in a remote part of northern Kenya

The Independent UK · Aug 20

'Forbes 30 Under 30 Curse' Takes Dark Turn as CEO Dies in Tragic Helicopter Crash During Kenya Holiday

Miami entrepreneur Roger Duarte, Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, tragically died in a helicopter crash in Kenya, killing seven. The incident has reignited talks about the 'Forbes 30 Under 30 curse.'

International Business Times UK · Aug 20