A long-simmering volcano exploded with a series of powerful eruptions outside one of Guatemala’s most famous tourist attractions, hurling thick clouds of ash nearly two miles high, spewing rivers of lava and sparking evacuation orders for more than 33,000 people.

Several Filipinos have been nailed to wooden crosses to re-enact Jesus Christ’s suffering in a Good Friday rite that has been rejected by the Catholic church, but that draws thousands of tourists.

AS a Limerick man, I could never understand why the late great Richard Harris wasn’t granted the freedom of his native city.