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

May 9 (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.

In Bolivia's Andes, neighbors settle disputes with Tinku ritual combat

SAN PEDRO DE MACHA, Bolivia - In the high altitude Bolivian town of San Pedro de Macha, hundreds of Indigenous Quechua men and women take to the streets for a ritual dance and combat known as the "Tinku," involving hand-to-hand combat between neighbors to settle disputes. (BOLIVIA-TRADITION/ (TV, PIX), 322 words)

Holocaust researchers use AI to search for unnamed victims

JERUSALEM - Researchers in Israel are turning to artificial intelligence to comb through piles of records to try to identify hundreds of thousands of Jewish people killed in the Holocaust whose names are missing from official memorials. (ISRAEL-HOLOCAUST/VICTIMS-AI (TV, PIX), 472 words)

French bakers make world's longest baguette, beating Italy

PARIS - French bakers cooked the world's longest baguette on Sunday at 140.53 meters (461 ft), reclaiming a record for one of the nation's best-known emblems taken by Italy for five years. (FRANCE-BAGUETTE/ (TV, PIX), 216 words)

As climate shifts, a leafhopper bug plagues Argentina's corn fields

CORDOBA PROVINCE, Argentina - Global warming has brought Argentina's corn farmers a dangerous new enemy: a yellow insect just four millimeters (0.16 inch) long that thrives in hotter temperatures and is threatening harvests of the crop. Meet the leafhopper. (ARGENTINA-GRAINS/CORN-LEAFHOPPER (PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), 783 words)

Bidding opens for Messi napkin that defined soccer great's career

LONDON - Bidding began on Wednesday for a napkin on which soccer club Barcelona penned a promise to sign a 13-year-old Lionel Messi - who went on to become one of the game's greatest players - with early bids reaching almost $300,000. (AUCTION-MESSI/NAPKIN (TV, PIX), 238 words)

Chinese jump through hoops, crawl under nets to foster ties with pets

SHANGHAI - Dog trail races that allow people and their dogs to navigate off-road obstacle courses in tandem are growing popular in China, as the pace of pet ownership and active lifestyle pursuits picks up. (CHINA-PETS/DOG-RACING (TV, PIX), 338 words)

How bird flu could threaten cow cuddling. Yes, it is a thing.

MONEE, Illinois - Farmer Luz Klotz straightened the brightly striped hair bow on Reba, a 1,600-pound heifer lounging on the ground under twinkling fairy lights. Teenager Joey Pachl, hoping to impress his girlfriend with an invitation to the high school prom, had paid $75 for an hour-long cow cuddling session at the farm. (HEALTH-BIRD FLU/COW-CUDDLING (PIX, TV), 851 words)

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