Three people died in the torrential rains that battered northern Madagascar, the National Office for Risk and Disaster Management (BNGRC) said on Sunday. More than 900 people were also affected.

A mighty blaze in Madagascar’s Ranomafana National Park is menacing the home of the world’s rarest lemur species. Disastrous dry conditions have turned the biodiversity haven into a tinderbox.

Photograph by Krista Rossow, Nat Geo Image Collection In 1978, Congress nearly doubled the national park’s initial size ... the California Coastal Trail is the reserve’s most rewarding ...