Aug 11 - Every week, Reuters journalists produce scores of multimedia features and human-interest stories from around the world.

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.

Students cheer as online translation tools add more African languages

KAMPALA - Ugandan IT student Andrew Njuki spent years hunched over English-language textbooks, often grappling with material that would have been easier to grasp in his mother tongue Luganda. Now, the 27-year-old has been able to translate his teaching material into Uganda's official language, spoken by millions across the east African country but not taught in schools. (AFRICA-LANGUAGE/TECHNOLOGY (TV, PIX), 321 words)

Face paint and folklore transform Chicago bride for traditional wedding in Kosovo

DONJE LJUBINJE, Kosovo - For Bosniaks in the Kosovan village of Donje Ljubinje, a wedding ceremony is an art form. (KOSOVO-WEDDING/ (PIX, TV), 500 words)

Ocean warmth, seaweed scarcity threaten Fiji's fisherwomen's livelihoods

SUVA, Fiji - Karen Vusisa has been struggling to find a decent catch of a favorite Fijian edible seaweed, amid concerns that ocean temperatures have hit harvests and are threatening livelihoods of fisherwomen like her. (CLIMATE-CHANGE/FIJI-FISHERWOMEN (TV), 304 words)

Over 4,000 beagles destined for drug experiments finding new homes

About 4,000 beagles are looking for homes after animal rescue organizations started removing them from a Virginia facility that bred them to be sold to laboratories for drug experiments. (USA-ANIMAL RESCUE/BEAGLES (PIX, TV), 282 words)

A year after Taliban's return, some women fight for lost freedoms

KABUL - Monesa Mubarez is not going to give up the rights she and other Afghan women won during 20 years of Western-backed rule easily. (AFGHANISTAN-CONFLICT/ANNIVERSARY-WOMEN (PIX, TV), 850 words)

Seattle exhibit focuses on the philosophy of Bruce Lee

After a pandemic-induced delay, a permanent exhibition focused on Bruce Lee's philosophy is opening at the Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience in Seattle, with support of the Bruce Lee Foundation. (PEOPLE-BRUCE LEE/EXHIBIT (TV), 368 words)

Bolivia's 'Death Road' once haunted drivers. Now it's a wildlife haven

LOS YUNGAS, Bolivia - Bolivia's decision to open an alternate route to its historic 'Death Road' - a serpentine dirt path across the towering Andes hills known for its deadly cliffs - has led to a resurgence of wildlife in the area, according to an environmental group. (BOLIVIA-ENVIRONMENT/ (PIX, TV), 288 words)

Pompeii discoveries shed light on middle class life

MILAN - Archaeologists have discovered four new rooms in a house in Pompeii filled with plates, amphoras and other everyday objects, giving a snapshot of middle class life at the moment Mount Vesuvius's eruption buried the Roman city in AD 79. (ITALY-POMPEII/ (PIX, TV), 258 words)

The unwitting winners of France's drought: salt farmers

LE POULIGUEN, France - Through blistering heatwaves and drought that have parched the French countryside in recent weeks, one group has emerged a reluctant winner: salt farmers in the northwestern region of Guerande. (EUROPE-WEATHER/FRANCE-DROUGHT-SALT (TV,PIX), 387 words)

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