Harm reduction in Britain grew out of the HIV epidemic of the 1980s. Officials realised that people who injected heroin were sharing needles, and that telling them to stop wasn't working. Needle exchanges, safe-use guides and advice services were set up to reduce infections, and in 1988 the government's advisers on drugs concluded that the spread of HIV was a greater danger to health than drug misuse. The approach has been controversial, since critics say it condones drug use. But Britain's low HIV rate among drug users is widely credited to these policies.

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.