France's Normandy awakes to blanket of snow
A few centimetres of snow cover the ground in Orne, Normandy, as winter arrives in France, with 54 counties placed under an orange alert for snow, ice and wind. IMAGES
Images of the Brasilia Zoo, which has temporarily closed to the public after suspected deadly bird flu cases were found in a pigeon and a duck. This comes two weeks after an outbreak was detected at a poultry farm in southern Brazil. The Agriculture Department announced the zoo's closure but did not say when it will reopen. IMAGES
A few centimetres of snow cover the ground in Orne, Normandy, as winter arrives in France, with 54 counties placed under an orange alert for snow, ice and wind. IMAGES
The Nobel prize in economics is awarded to American-Israeli Joel Mokyr, France's Philippe Aghion and Canada's Peter Howitt for work on technology's impact on sustained economic growth. SOUNDBITE
Qatari emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani arrives for a visit to Sandhurst military academy, where he attended in the 1990s. It is part of his two-day state visit to Britain hosted by King Charles III as the UK aims to seal a trade deal with the oil-rich Gulf states. IMAGES
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