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From India's deadly floods, to an exclusive report on climate change and a look at women's rights in the United States, see what our correspondents are working on this week
A sneak preview at what's on our radar this week ...
More than 3,000 people are missing after deadly floods hit India's Himalayas two weeks ago, engulfing towns and sweeping away vast tracts of farmland. The scale of the disaster, dubbed the "Himalayan tsunami," is still unfolding. Aid workers say the emergency is unlike others as the mountainous terrain and remote, scattered villages make the situation much more challenging for authorities trying to assess the number of dead and the level of destruction.
Our South Asia correspondent Nita Bhalla is on stand-by to travel to the region later this week and has put together a Q+A on the impact of the deadly floods. She is also going to ask experts about the man-made aspects of the disaster – including unregulated construction, massive deforestation and the building of dams – and will look at just how prepared India is for such disasters. Expect a look at the impact of such a disaster on politics in an election year also.
On Wednesday, we will be launching an exclusive report on how greenhouse gas emissions are rising due to the shipping involved in the ethanol trade between the United States and Brazil. Our data journalist Alex Plough has been crunching the numbers and teamed up with Megan Rowling to tell the story. We will also launch an infographic factbox on biofuels.
Namibians are no strangers to dry weather conditions. But the worst drought to hit the country in 30 years has overwhelmed them and left them to survive off wild fruits with no harvest in sight until March 2014. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is due to launch an appeal this week. Katy Migiro has the story.
Forced marriage is a hot subject in the United States and our Women's Rights Editor Lisa Anderson will summarise the situation in her "10 things you didn't know about immigration and forced marriage in the U.S." story due on Wednesday. It's a subject we have been covering closely – find out more in our special report on forced marriage.
There has been a string of cases in Britain recently involving grooming girls for sex. Our correspondent Katie Nguyen will look at what's behind it in a "Two Minute Talking Point" video, due out on Tuesday.
Also on Tuesday, we will have two stories looking at solutions to tackle climate change, including one on how young urban Kenyans with a talent for social media are getting together with rural Kenyans with a talent for farming to help pass on information that can help farmers cope better.
Sometimes old is best though, as our story from Sri Lanka will show: faced with worsening water shortages that are threatening agriculture and hydropower, Sri Lanka is turning back the clock and reviving an ancient solution to water shortages: water tanks that collect heavy rainfall and store it for dry times.
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