In the US, Starbucks is shutting down 8,000 of its stores for one afternoon this week to get their employees to talk about race. This anti-bias training session comes after two black men were arrested at a Starbucks in Philadelphia as they were waiting to meet a friend. Black leaders advising Starbucks on the training say they hope it will reinvigorate decades-old efforts to ensure equal treatment for all. In Hawaii, the Kilauea volcano has erupted for a fourth week in a row, with risk now of volcanic glass fibers injuring eyes and lungs.

And the mayor of California's chic Santa Barbara makes parking spaces available to people struggling so much with poverty that they are now living in their cars.