Bolivia's folklore dance parade returned to the streets of El Alto and La Paz with face masks as this year's must-have item among the colourful costumes. This parade is in honour of the Virgin of El Carmen, and it is the event's first return since being cancelled at the height of the coronavirus pandemic.

Face masks and folklore in Bolivia as dance parade returns after COVID-19 cancellation

They say necessity is the mother of invention and two disabled Bolivians used their wits to find a new way to make a living even as income dried up for countless Bolivians during the coronavirus pandemic.

Innovation in high gear: disabled Bolivians chase new careers as delivery drivers

From the isolation, Tejerina and his wife, Geraldine, were inspired to find a way to help essential workers. They began cooking and delivering meals for police, doctors and nurses. Ever the marketer, Tejerina dubbed his project, "Taking Care of Those Who Care For Us."

Bolivian couple springs into action to feed coronavirus frontliners during lockdown

What was recently a verdant area of trees and wildlife has become a desolate, barren landscape where life teeters on the brink after wildfires raged through this area of southeastern Bolivia. Ash has replaced leaves and dead animals scatter the charred earth in this area of the Andean country near its border with Paraguay.

Wildlife facing fire, heat, smoke and drought as Bolivian forests blaze

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