When natural disaster strikes, people can lose anything and everything. But what survivors often say they miss most are the lost photos. In Valencia, Spain, photo restorers have been collecting and cleaning images pulled from the mud and returning them to grateful owners.

For many of us, virtual reality experiences are few and far between. And the ones we encounter typically involve gaming. But for two Palestinian artists, virtual reality means more than entertainment — it’s cultural preservation. Their project, titled “Phoenix of Gaza XR”, is currently making its way across a handful of Massachusetts universities, and will tour across the country, in a series of exhibitions, many of which are open to the public. GBH’s Kate Dellis has the story.

“The White Lotus,” on HBO, is all about Americans behaving badly in tropical locales, and the third season is set in Thailand. The series is stacked with American celebrities. It’s also catapulted a 77-year-old Thai actress to global fame.

Tatsuya Shindo was once a member of the yakuza, a Japanese organized crime gang. His arm-length tattoos are a sure sign of his past life. Shindo also served time in prison. But now, he’s a 53-year-old Christian pastor who spends time with other former prisoners in a society where redemption and getting a second chance are not easy.

Bhutan has emerged as an unexpected player in the world of cryptocurrency. The Himalayan kingdom holds the fourth-largest state-owned stockpile of Bitcoin in the world. Its decision to capitalize on the trend has also provided a lifeline for the country’s struggling economy.