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The solemn two-hour "funeral march" led up the side of Pizol mountain in northeastern Switzerland to the foot of the rapidly melting ice formation

Swiss Hold High-altitude Wake For Lost Glacier

Dozens of people dressed in black went on a "funeral march" up a steep Swiss mountainside on Sunday to mark the disappearance of an Alpine glacier amid growing global alarm over climate change.Around 250 people including children joined the solemn two-hour climb up the side of Pizol mountain in northeastern Switzerland to the foot of the rapidly melting ice formation, situated at an altitude of around 2,700 metres (8,850 feet) near the Liechtenstein and Austrian borders.
Pakistan has denied India's president the right to fly through its airspace in a new escalation of tensions; India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) is pictured welcoming India's President Ram Nath Kovind in New Delhi on August 21, 2019

Pakistan denies use of airspace to Indian president

Pakistan has denied India's president the right to fly through its airspace in a new escalation of tensions; India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) is pictured welcoming India's President Ram Nath Kovind in New Delhi on August 21, 2019

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