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

The tiny Italian island of Favignana is bracing for a potential surge in tourism following the release of Christopher Nolan's blockbuster film "The Odyssey".

Aug 6 - 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.

As Nolan's "Odyssey" draws global audiences, Sicily's Favignana braces for film tourism ROME - The tiny Italian Mediterranean island ‌of Favignana hopes Christopher Nolan's blockbuster "The Odyssey" will help it to attract more visitors but wants to avoid falling into the trap of overtourism. (FILM-THE ODYSSEY/ITALY (PIX), 707 words)

In Brazil, Indigenous experts care for native, stingless bees SAO PAULO - Marcio Karai straddles a tree trunk near his home on the outskirts of Brazil’s Sao Paulo, setting a ‌small cube before him. The wooden box will serve as a new hive for a colony of native Mirim stingless bees, a species he ‌and his Indigenous Guarani community have long looked after. (BRAZIL-INDIGENOUS/BEES (PIX), 661 words)

Mountain flower from China joins the world's carnivorous plant club For most insects, a flowering alpine plant might seem like an unlikely predator. But researchers have discovered that a delicate wildflower that grows in rocky mountain crevices in southwestern China lures prey onto sticky hairs, digests their bodies and absorbs the nutrients left ⁠behind - the ​first confirmed carnivorous plant in its botanical ⁠grouping. (SCIENCE-PLANT/ (PIX), 758 words)

Webb telescope finds signs of ancient disaster for Neptune's moons WASHINGTON - New observations of some of Neptune's moons and rings are providing evidence of a catastrophe that occurred billions of ⁠years ago around the solar system's outermost planet in which a Pluto-sized interloper caused a celestial demolition derby. (SPACE-NEPTUNE/ (PIX), 763 words)

Prestige beauty outpaces high-end bags as China's luxury spending evolves SHANGHAI/PARIS - ​For Chinese consumers seeking luxury, prestige skincare is trumping designer bags as a prolonged property downturn and weaker confidence make price tags ever more ⁠decisive, even for premium goods. (CHINA-LUXURY/ (ANALYSIS, PIX), 808 words)

'Ted Lasso' returns to the pitch with a new challenge on Apple TV LOS ANGELES - The Emmy-winning, feel-good soccer comedy "Ted Lasso" returns this week to Apple ⁠TV ​for a fourth season. This time, the folksy American coach heads back to London to help a team of female athletes believe in their own greatness. (TELEVISION-TED LASSO/INTERVIEWS (PIX, TV), 506 words)

Delhi eyes badminton World Championship redemption with no more bird droppings, stray animals After bird droppings, stray animals and air-quality ⁠concerns overshadowed badminton's India Open in New Delhi earlier this year, organisers of the flagship World Championships said the city was ready to deliver a smoother ⁠spectacle. (BADMINTON-INDIA/ (PIX), 358 words)

Malaysia's Sarawak grapples with ⁠rising crocodile encounters SARAWAK, Malaysia - Villagers in one indigenous community in Malaysia's Sarawak state once lived by an unspoken rule: leave the crocodile be, and it will leave you alone in turn. (MALAYSIA-WILDLIFE/CROCODILE (PIX, TV), 304 words)

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