Weekly Highlights: From Pearl Cultivation to K-pop Fashion Ventures

This week's highlights from Reuters cover diverse human-interest stories and multimedia features. Topics range from pearl cultivation in Italy's warming Mediterranean, K-pop stars in fashion, and Bruce Springsteen's new film, to Amazon rainforest conservation. Selected stories offer profound insights into world headlines.

Every week, Reuters journalists produce a wide array of captivating multimedia features and human-interest stories from across the globe. This week, selected by our editors, features stories that offer deep context and background information on current world headlines.

In Italy, oyster farmers in the Gulf of Poets are exploring the possibility of cultivating pearls for the first time in European seas, taking advantage of the rapidly warming Mediterranean. Meanwhile, K-pop stars are becoming the new faces of luxury fashion houses as brands seek to leverage their global fanbase. The band Stray Kids is at the forefront of this trend.

Also notable is U.S. designer Tommy Hilfiger's nautical-themed Spring-Summer 2025 collection at New York Fashion Week, presented on a decommissioned Staten Island Ferry. Fans of Bruce Springsteen get a behind-the-scenes look in the new documentary 'Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band,' providing insight into the band's creative process amid their current world tour, which faced interruptions due to the rock star's health.

(With inputs from agencies.)