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A Kenyan court suspended a ban imposed on demonstrations by police in Nairobi, following more than a month of anti-government protests that have seen dozens killed and injured. Erupting in response to tax hikes, the popular discontent has extended to calls for President William Ruto to resign.

A five-metre carcass of the world’s rarest whale species which washed up on New Zealand’s shores in July has proved a win for marine scientists. With only six specimens ever found worldwide, the spade-toothed whale is so rare that no sighting has ever been recorded of the creature alive.