A massive Hurricane has caused huge amounts of damage on some Caribbean islands.
Hurricane Dorian travelled over the Bahamas on the weekend and is now on its way to the US State of Florida.
This is Hurricane Dorian as seen from space!
It looks impressive from up here but it's way scarier if you're caught in its path.
On Sunday it hit a bunch of islands in the Bahamas.
Winds up to 300 kays an hour tore the roofs off houses, turned over cars and destroyed power lines.
The hurricane also brought huge amounts of rain and caused flooding in some towns.
When it hit Hurricane Dorian was a category five which makes it the most powerful hurricane to hit the Bahamas in more than 80 years.
Now it's creeping towards the U-S coast and while authorities aren't sure if it's actually going to hit land they're asking people to be prepared just in case.
And they'll be keeping a close eye on how it's tracking over the next few days.
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Hong Kong Protests
Pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong have now been running for 13 weeks in a row.
On the weekend protesters took to the streets again this time blocking off roads to the airport and rushing towards the police headquarters.
Cars couldn't get through and even trains were stopped.
The protests started because they didn't like how much influence China had over Hong Kong… and in recent weeks the demonstrations have become more violent.
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Taylor Swift Breaks Record
And Taylor Swift fans will never calm down! Get it?
Her new album lover's just come out and already it's flown to number 1 on the charts!
She's the first female artist to have six different albums sell 500 thousand copies in a single week!
She took to Twitter to thank her fans for being so awesome.
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NASA Scientists in the Pilbara
In less than a year NASA and the ESA Will be launching separate missions to mars.
Both expeditions hope to collect samples that might be able to tell us how the red planet was formed and how it's evolved over time.
But it turns out some rocks here in Australia could help them solve some of those secrets as well!
It might be pretty hard to believe, but inside these ancient rocks in WA's Pilbara region are fossils that hold the oldest signs of life anywhere on Earth!
Some of these rocks date back more than 3 billion years, which is about how old the rocks are on Mars that NASA and the ESA are hoping to collect samples from.
So they've brought their experts here for special training on how to spot the fossils and choose what samples should be brought back to Earth.
They're hoping that if they can find similar fossils, they might be able to determine if there ever was life on mars.
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Goat Pilates
Pilates is supposed to be a soothing exercise, you know strengthening your muscles and thinking about your breathing.
And what's more soothing than having a goat on your back?
This Pilates class enlists the help of some local goats to make these people work a little harder.
They get fitter and the goats have fun. Team work.
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Drone Light Show
Now this is one perfectly in sync light show!
At a special event in China 999 drones moved together to create all kinds of different patterns.
From clocks, to a flag and the quietest fireworks you've ever seen!
So peaceful.
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Bear Rescue
And finally it's always nice to see animals and humans working together as one.
A bear cub in Northern California got itself in to trouble when it climbed into this bin and couldn't climb out!
Its mum and sibling couldn't help so a couple of police officers came to the rescue!
Lucky the cub knew how to use a ladder because it climbed out and ran off to join its family.
Notice how they never stop to say thanks.
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