IN CASE YOU MISSED IT–Schedule of Reuters features from this week

Aug 14 - Every week, Reuters journalists produce scores of multimedia features and human-interest stories from around the world.

Below are some stories from this week selected by our editors, as well as explanatory context and background to help you understand world headlines. For a full schedule of news and events, please go to our editorial calendar on Reuters Connect.

Ethiopian fossils reveal new species in human evolutionary lineage

Researchers have unearthed tooth fossils in Ethiopia dating to about 2.65 million years ago of a previously unknown species in the human evolutionary lineage, one that lived in the same time and place as the earliest-known member of the genus Homo to which our own species belongs. (SCIENCE-TEETH/ (PIX), 855 words) nL1N3TS18O

Scientists find possible artefacts of oldest known Wallacean hominids in Indonesia

SOPPENG, Indonesia - Scientists have found a series of stone tools on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island they say may be evidence of humans living 1.5 million years ago on islands between Asia and Australia, the earliest known humans in the Wallacea region. (INDONESIA-ARCHAEOLOGY/ (TV, PIX), 285 words) nL4N3U200Z

China deploys robot antelope in Tibet to surveil real herds

BEIJING - To the wolves of Tibet, China's first "robot antelope" may look as appetising as the real herds that roam the rugged tundra, but the "creature" is part of Beijing's growing surveillance that now even reaches into its most remote places. (CHINA-ROBOTS/TIBET-ANTELOPE (PIX), 343 words) nL4N3U40B9

Robot dog in Mexico teaches animal kindness on the streets

MONTERREY, Mexico - He walks, he talks, he runs and he plays. He's “Waldog,” an AI-powered robot that is making the rounds in the northern city of Monterrey, Mexico, to raise awareness about animal abuse and welfare. (MEXICO-ROBOTIC DOG/ (PIX, TV), 272 words) nL8N3U31XM

'Alien' franchise crafts new creatures for 'Alien: Earth' TV show

LOS ANGELES - Both new and familiar alien lifeforms lurk around in the Disney series “Alien: Earth,” based on the original 1979 Ridley Scott "Alien" movie. (TELEVISION-ALIEN EARTH/INTERVIEWS (TV, PIX), 340 words) nL1N3TZ17J

Just in time? Manufacturers turn to AI to weather tariff storm

LONDON - How can firms run lean inventories even as tariffs fluctuate, export bans come out of the blue, and conflict rages?

One of the answers, they say, is artificial intelligence. (USA-TRUMP/TARIFFS-AI (ANALYSIS, PIX), 950 words) nL4N3TR0XW

UK foreign minister faces fine after JD Vance fishing trip license error

LONDON - Britain's foreign minister David Lammy could be on the hook for a 2,500 pounds ($3,394) fine following his fishing trip last week with U.S. Vice President JD Vance, after admitting he didn't have the required license. (USA-VANCE/LAMMY-FISHING (PIX), 296 words) nL8N3U50TM

To stay on weight-loss drugs, US patients cut doses and maybe vacations

Doctors advise most patients on GLP-1 obesity drugs such as Wegovy and Zepbound to stay on them to keep the weight off, but as more U.S. insurers restrict coverage people are trimming costs by stretching doses or forgoing expenditures like vacations to pay for the medication out of pocket. (HEALTH-OBESITY/MANAGEMENT (FOCUS, PIX), 865 words) nL1N3TY1C8

EXPLANATORY CONTENT

FACTBOX-How much territory does Russia control in Ukraine? nL8N3U30GN

FACTBOX-Before Goldman Sachs, which CEOs drew Trump's ire? nL4N3U41HV

FACTBOX-A recent history of Russian presidential visits to the US nL8N3U30FB

EXPLAINER-How US marijuana reclassification could help cannabis companies nL4N3U40SN