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

Dec 7 (Reuters) - 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.

Planes, tails and mid-flight snacks - Spain's Vueling rolls out pet treats

Spanish low-cost airline Vueling has started offering treats for pets as part of the buy-on-board menu on its flights. (AIRLINES-VUELING/PETS (PIX), 125 words)

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With colour-changing fabric, Hong Kong AI lab aims to reduce clothing waste

HONG KONG - Simple gestures could be all it takes to alter the colour of your clothes in the future, according to a research team that has developed a colour-changing textile embedded with a tiny camera and making use of artificial intelligence. (TECH-AI/TEXTILE-HONGKONG (PIX, TV), 234 words)

Magnetic surgical robot makes international debut in Chile hospital

SANTIAGO - A robot that uses powerful magnets to perform less invasive and more efficient surgeries completed its first international procedure, a gallbladder removal, at a public hospital in Chile, according to the company that developed the technology. (CHILE-HEALTH/TECHNOLOGY (PIX, TV), 220 words)

British Museum lends ancient Greek vase to Acropolis Museum

ATHENS - The British Museum has lent for the first time in 250 years an ancient Greek water vase, the Meidias hydria, to the Acropolis Museum in Athens for an exhibition which runs until April. (GREECE-BRITAIN/SCULPTURES-VASE (TV, PIX), 364 words)

Italian opera singing added to UNESCO World Heritage list

ROME - Italian opera singing has been added to the United Nations' cultural heritage list, a prestigious accolade for the four-centuries-old art mixing costume drama and music. (ITALY-OPERA/ UNESCO (PIX), 140 words)

Tom Hanks brings love of space to new immersive London show

LONDON - Archive footage of space rockets taking off beam across giant walls in a new immersive show in London, as Oscar-winning Hollywood actor Tom Hanks narrates the story of human voyages to the moon. (SPACE-TOM HANKS/EXHIBITION (TV, PIX), 434 words)

Adam Driver on biopic 'Ferrari': 'the pressure was on to get it right'

LONDON - American actor Adam Driver once again puts on an Italian accent in his latest film, playing carmaker Enzo Ferrari in a new biopic directed by veteran Michael Mann. (FILM-FERRARI/LONDON PREMIERE (TV, PIX), 264 words)

Mixed emotions as cast of 'The Crown' celebrates series finale

LONDON - The cast and the makers of the sixth and final season of Netflix's royal drama "The Crown" came together with mixed emotions to bid farewell to the series. (TELEVISION-THE CROWN/SEASON 6 PREMIERE (TV,PIX), 393 words)

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