Solace in prayer as pandemic toll nears two million
The onslaught of the coronavirus pandemic, which has left nearly two million people dead, has seen Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jewish, Muslim and Sikh worshippers seek solace in prayer
For Italy’s Muslims, lack of burial space deepens grief in pandemic
Italy's Muslim community, like others, suffered many deaths as the coronavirus pandemic hit the country hard, but compounding their pain has been the lack of space to bury their dead
Coronavirus: the difficult process of counting the dead
How do you count the dead? The daily count of fatalities of the COVID-19 pandemic is a sensitive business, with data often incomplete and differing methods between countries
Furloughed staff in Sweden retrain to help hospitals
Furloughed because of the pandemic, airline and hotel employees in Sweden are retraining to work as hospital and nursing home assistants as the country's death toll exceeds 1,200
Why Italy? Factors behind the country’s coronavirus disaster
Why Italy? Many wonder why the Mediterranean country has become the new epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic over the past 10 days
Anguish as Europe learns to cope with new way of death
Across Europe, grieving families are having to cope with the additional trauma of draconian restrictions to stop the spread of the coronavirus
EU states give green light to wide-reaching new car safety rules
Starting from mid-2022 - all new cars in the European Union market will have to be fitted with new safety features as an attempt to reduce the number of road deaths and accidents.