Around 1.3 million people die from road injuries each year, including drivers, passengers, cyclists and pedestrians. Road crashes are a leading cause of death for young people. Most of these deaths happen in low- and middle-income countries, even though they have far fewer cars per person. The main risk factors are speeding, drink driving, not wearing seatbelts or helmets, and roads designed without protecting people outside vehicles. Wealthy countries have cut their road death rates sharply through safer cars, lower speed limits, better road design and enforcement.

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.