Ecuadorian authorities say they caught a Russian woman at Quito airport trying to smuggle 32 live marine iguanas from the Galápagos to Iceland, packed in plastic boxes. Surviving animals were later released back on the islands, which are believed to be where they were taken from. Authorities have confiscated nearly 50 marine iguanas this year, and the species was added to CITES Appendix I in 2025, banning international commercial trade.

Hampi is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Karnataka, India, with more than 1,600 surviving remains spread over 4,100 hectares. It was the capital of the Vijayanagara Empire from 1336 to 1565. Travellers from Persia and Portugal described it as a prosperous, wealthy and grand city with temples, markets and farms along the Tungabhadra River. By 1500 it was estimated to be the world's second-largest city after Beijing, and probably India's richest at the time. In 1565 a coalition of Muslim sultanates defeated the Vijayanagara Empire, its capital was conquered and destroyed, and the city was left in ruins. Hampi remains a religious centre, with the active Virupaksha Temple at its heart.