Sept 16 (Reuters) - Every week, Reuters journalists produce scores of multimedia features and human-interest stories from around the world.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>.<\/p>\n Yemeni gives her time and wages to treat children malnourished by war<\/p>\n HAJJAH - In the poor village of Jarb in northern Yemen, Ashwaq Mahmoud gives her time and spare cash to provide basic health services that people there could not otherwise reach or afford. (YEMEN-HEALTH\/VOLUNTEER (PIX, TV), 456 words)<\/p>\n Bosnia's wild horses: Promising tourist attraction, or farmers' pest?<\/p>\n LIVNO, Bosnia - Wild horses galloping across rugged mountains in western Bosnia are an ever-bigger tourist attraction, but need protection from local farmers who see them as pests, activists say. (BOSNIA-WILDHORSES\/ (PIX, TV), 320 words)<\/p>\n Masterpiece or monstrosity? Tourists bemused by Arc de Triomphe artwork<\/p>\n PARIS - Bemused tourists in Paris reacted with a mix of surprise and disdain when they discovered the Arc de Triomphe monument had been enveloped in a shimmering shroud, a posthumous installation conceived by the late artist Christo. (FRANCE-ART\/ARC DE TRIOMPHE-TOURISTS (TV, FILE PIX), 285 words)<\/p>\n Pets enjoy some pampering in Palestinian clinic<\/p>\n NABLUS, West Bank - A new animal clinic has opened in the occupied West Bank, part of a growing tendency among Palestinians to raise and pamper pets. (PALESTINIANS-ANIMALS\/CLINIC (PIX, TV), 165 words)<\/p>\n 'A family reunion': Voices from Broadway on the return to the stage<\/p>\n NEW YORK - More than a dozen Broadway musicals and plays are opening in September after the longest shutdown in the history of New York's theater district. The 18-month-long pandemic closures threw hundreds of actors, musicians and dancers out of work, along with stage crews. Following are comments from some of them on how it feels to be back. (HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS\/BROADWAY-ACTORS (PIX, TV), 400 words)<\/p>\n Story continues<\/p>\n Malaysian clown finds new role in pandemic<\/p>\n TAIPING, Malaysia - When the coronavirus pandemic struck Malaysia, Shaharul Hisam Baharudin, like many others working closely with people, soon lost his work as an entertainer who juggled and sometimes dressed up as a clown. But rather than give up, the 43-year-old from Taiping in western Malaysia found a new way of using his skills - disinfecting people's homes while wearing his clown's outfit. (HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS\/MALAYSIA-CLOWN (TV, PIX). 309 words)<\/p>\n Byrne sees a longing for an 'American Utopia' as his show heads to cinemas<\/p>\n LOS ANGELES - While Americans have fought over masks and vaccines during the COVID-19 pandemic, musician David Byrne said he believes the health crisis showed that people actually yearn for a better society as he envisions in his Broadway show \"American Utopia.\" A filmed version of the stage production, recorded in early 2020, will play in U.S. cinemas for one night only on Wednesday. (PEOPLE-DAVID BYRNE\/ (PIX, TV), 414 words)<\/p>\n Water music: London canal boat serves as floating concert hall<\/p>\n LONDON - Music lovers in London can now enjoy classical performances with a difference - on a canal boat traversing the city's waterways. (BRITAIN-BOAT\/PIANO (PIX, TV), 290 words)<\/p>\n Scientists scramble to harvest ice cores as glaciers melt<\/p>\n Scientists are racing to collect ice cores along with long-frozen records they hold of climate cycles as global warming melts glaciers and ice sheets. Some say they are running out of time. And, in some cases, its already too late. (CLIMATE-CHANGE\/ICE-CORES (PIX, GRAPHIC, TV), 1,380 words)<\/p>\n Kabul gamers fret over favorite pastime with Taliban back in power<\/p>\n The Sm:)le net club, a gaming cafe in downtown Kabul, used to be a haven for young people in the city: an escape from the daily grind in a country where decades of war and economic malaise have dimmed their prospects. Now, with Afghanistan back under control of the Taliban, which banned most forms of entertainment during its previous rule in 1996 to 2001, some fear that gaming may be wrenched away. (AFGHANISTAN-CONFLICT\/GAMING (TV), 280 words)<\/p>\n EXPLANATORY CONTENT<\/p>\n Global vaccination tracker https:\/\/tmsnrt.rs\/39xWS94<\/a><\/p>\n Global COVID-19 cases and deaths https:\/\/tmsnrt.rs\/32CyMHu<\/a><\/p>\n U.S. COVID-19 cases and deaths https:\/\/tmsnrt.rs\/2WTOZDR<\/a><\/p>\n EXPLAINER-How will Biden's vaccine mandate impact workers, companies?<\/p>\n FACTBOX-European nations' plans for coping with COVID-19<\/p>\n EXPLAINER-The Canadian federal election: what has happened and what is at stake<\/p>\n FACTBOX-The federal party leaders contesting Canada's election<\/p>\n NEWSMAKER-Self-belief and strategy: Japan's Taro Kono upends race for next premier<\/p>\n NEWSMAKER-Winner of Norway's election is wealthy champion of 'common people'<\/p>\n TIMELINE-The dramatic first month of the Taliban's rule in Afghanistan<\/p>\n TIMELINE-North Korea's tests and summits over recent years<\/p>\n EXPLAINER-Lebanon's Mikati faces tricky path to safe economic ground<\/p>\n FACTBOX-Kosovo Tribunal: the suspects, allegations and history<\/p>\n EXPLAINER-Bleak house: Why Europe faces steep winter energy bills<\/p>\n FACTBOX-Tennis-Records held by Novak Djokovic<\/p>\n (Compiled by Patrick Enright and Mark Porter)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Read more: <\/p>\n IN CASE YOU MISSED ITSchedule of Reuters features from this week - Yahoo Finance<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sept 16 (Reuters) - Every week, Reuters journalists produce scores of multimedia features and human-interest stories from around the world. 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