News of the World: What you missed this week internationally
This week's international news highlights include a makeover for the UK's Cerne Abbas Giant and a soccer ball juggling contest won by a young Indigenous woman in Mexico. In Japan, male fiddler crabs are entertaining beachgoers with their synchronized dance. Meanwhile, Australia's government is suing 3M over environmental contamination, and Mumbai's dabbawalas face a decline in numbers post-COVID.
- ▪The UK's Cerne Abbas Giant is undergoing a rechalking to preserve its historical significance.
- ▪Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announced the winner of a soccer ball juggling contest, granting her a World Cup ticket.
- ▪Male fiddler crabs are performing their annual dance on a Japanese beach to attract females.
- ▪Australia is suing 3M for over US$1.4 billion due to contamination from firefighting foam.
- ▪Mumbai's dabbawalas have seen their numbers drop significantly from 4,500 to around 1,500 since the pandemic.
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news of the world World News News of the World News of the World: What you missed this week internationally By Angela Barbuti Published May 30, 2026, 1:10 p.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google ENGLAND UK’s largest chalk hill figure, the 180-foot-high Cerne Abbas Giant, is getting a makeover. The etching, drawn on a hillside above Cerne Abbas, a village in Dorset, England, was shrouded in mystery until 2020, when scientists dug the ground underneath it and determined it was carved in the late Saxon period, between 700 to 1100 AD. It is now getting a rechalking, where the old chalk is removed and new chalk is packed in its place. The 180-foot-high Cerne Abbas Giant dates back to the late Saxon period.
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