The plant has been propagated worldwide, but every surviving specimen of Encephalartos woodii is a male clone – and without a female, natural reproduction is impossible.
While in Moscow the fighting feels far away, residents of Belgorod, 25 miles from the border with Ukraine, have learned to duck for cover when the sirens wail.
Drone footage shows Agia Marina in Symi, Greece, where the body of Dr Michael Mosley was found during a search and rescue operation after he went missing while on holiday.