Indian authorities on Thursday started to evacuate hundreds of thousands of people from villages along the country’s eastern coast ahead of a strong storm. Cyclone Fani is expected to make landfall early Friday with winds of up to 124 mph and heavy rainfall, according to the Indian Meteorological Department. Authorities worry the storm could become the strongest since 1999, when a cyclone killed about 10,000 people after raging through the eastern coastal areas of the state of Odisha.

At least four people died during Wednesday’s demonstrations in the Venezuelan capital city of Caracas, after thousands heeded interim President Juan Guaidó’s calls for renewed protests against embattled leader Nicolás Maduro. Supporters cheered as Guaidó asked them to remain committed and prepare for a general strike. Guaidó tried to stir a military uprising on Tuesday but failed to receive sufficient support. State security forces loyal to Maduro responded to the protests with tear gas and rubber bullets.

Catholic officials in Sri Lanka’s capital on Thursday canceled church services for a second weekend after the Easter Sunday suicide bombings that killed more than 250 people. The Rev. Edmund Tillakaratne, spokesman for the Colombo diocese, said Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith called off all Sunday services in the diocese after receiving “specific information of two possible attacks against churches,” Agence France-Presse reported.

Venezuela’s opposition leaders called for a second day of demonstrations on Wednesday in the latest attempt to depose embattled President Nicolás Maduro. Juan Guaidó, who became interim president in January after invoking a clause in the Venezuelan Constitution, launched a military uprising on Tuesday, with at least 50 people sustaining injuries in clashes with security forces. Tear gas canisters and empty shotgun shells littered the streets on Wednesday as Guaidó urged Venezuelans and military officials to join the rebellion.

A British judge on Wednesday sentenced Julian Assange to 50 weeks in prison for skipping bail and hiding in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London for seven years. Judge Deborah Taylor at the Southwark Crown Court said Assange’s stay at the embassy cost British taxpayers $21 million and was a “deliberate attempt to delay justice.”

Malaria remains one of the world’s leading killers, but a vaccine trial is offering new hope to communities that suffer most from the disease.

Malawi became the first country to implement a pilot program to dispense a malaria vaccine for children last week. Scientists with the U.K.-based GSK pharmaceutical company took 30 years to develop the vaccine. It trains the immune system to attack the malaria parasite, spread by the female Anopheles mosquito.

Sri Lankan authorities on Tuesday lifted a social media ban imposed following the suicide bombings at churches and hotels on Easter Sunday, as the government regains control of security in the country. In a statement, President Maithripala Sirisena confirmed the end to restrictions on Facebook, WhatsApp, and other popular platforms but urged the public to “act in a responsible manner.”