Pyrenees

Brown bear populations saw a sharp decline in the Pyrenees, with only about 70 left in 1954, according to the region's tourism board.

The Iberian peninsula is often referred to as an "electricity island" because it relies on just a few connections through the Pyrenees to France, meaning it can be vulnerable to failures.

In recent weeks, details of physical and sex abuse perpetrated over decades at Bétharram in the Pyrenees have drawn increasing attention to Bayrou, who was local MP and education minister at the time.

Jonny was paragliding in northern Spain when he ran into trouble, falling to the foothills of the Pyrenees mountains.

Alex was discovered in the foothills of the Pyrenees in south-western France close to the city of Toulouse on 13 December 2023, after he was last seen in the port of Malaga six years earlier.