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

Nov 16 (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.

Dogs don kimonos, receive blessings in place of children in aging Japan

ZAMA - A traditional ceremony for children is catching on among pet owners in Japan, where dogs and cats are receiving ever more attention amid the nation's plummeting birth rates. (JAPAN-CEREMONY/PETS (TV, PIX) , 376 words)

Forgotten film reels bring Maria Callas' Paris debut to colourful life

LONDON - A new film "Callas - Paris, 1958" is about to transport audiences back to the night 65 years ago when opera legend Maria Callas for the first time dazzled a Paris audience. (FILM-CALLAS PARIS 1958/ (TV)), 365 words)

Surgeons in New York announce world's first eye transplant

Surgeons in New York have performed the first-ever whole-eye transplant in a human, they announced on Thursday, an accomplishment being hailed as a breakthrough even though the patient has not regained sight in the eye. (HEALTH-USA/TRANSPLANT-EYE (TV, PIX) , 501 words)

Three cats bring scintilla of joy to displaced children in Gaza

KHAN YOUNIS - In a makeshift tent city in the southern Gaza Strip teeming with thousands of displaced people, three cats called Simsim, Brownie and Liza are giving rare moments of joy to children who have lost any semblance of normality in their lives. (ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/GAZA-CATS (TV,PIX), 631 Words)

Long-lost mammal rediscovered in remote Indonesia mountains

Scientists have rediscovered a long-lost species of mammal described as having the spines of a hedgehog, the snout of an anteater and the feet of a mole, in Indonesia's Cyclops Mountains more than 60 years after it was last recorded. (WILDLIFE-ECHIDNA/ (TV, PIX), 408 words)

In South America's Andes, a shrinking Lake Titicaca rings climate alarm bell

COJATA- The exposed cracked floors of parts of Lake Titicaca, South America's largest body of fresh water and the highest navigable lake in the world nestled amid the Andes mountains, are an alarming sight for local farmer Manuel Flores. (CLIMATE-CHANGE/BOLIVIA-DROUGHT (PIX, TV), 546 words)

Beatlemania is back as chart-topping 'Now And Then' breaks records

LONDON- The Beatles returned to the top of the UK music charts on Friday, with the record-breaking track "Now And Then", making history as the act with the longest gap between its first and last No. 1 single. ( MUSIC-CHARTS/BEATLES (TV, PIX), 328 words)

Environmental change threatens what's left of Japan's cormorant fishing legacy

Cormorants have been a constant presence in Youichiro Adachi's life, and when he was young, he cried whenever one of his family's birds died. Adachi is the 18th generation of his family to be a master cormorant fishermen, and one of about 50 people in Japan carrying on the 1,300-year tradition of using trained birds to dive for fish. (CLIMATE CHANGE/JAPAN-CORMORANTS (PIX, TV), 757 words)

EXPLANATORY CONTENT

FACTBOX-Key dates in the 2024 US presidential race

QUOTES-Comments about Israeli advance on Al Shifa and other Gaza hospitals

EXPLAINER-The numbers behind China's renewable energy boom

EXPLAINER-US government shutdown: What closes, what stays open?

FACTBOX-What is the humanitarian situation in besieged Gaza?

EXPLAINER-Why is South Asia the global hotspot of pollution?

(Compiled by Aurora Ellis)