Australasia

Ahead of Friday's vote, we look at assisted dying laws in North America, Europe and Australasia.

In contrast, in high-income regions -- such as Western Europe, North America, Australasia, and Asia Pacific -- deaths related to extreme temperatures are expected to surpass those caused by air pollution.

The sailors will follow a route south past the continent of Africa and then head east toward Australasia.

In Europe, for example, emissions have largely decreased over the last two decades, while Korea, Japan and Australasia stayed roughly the same, the study shows.

The shortlist was decided by a panel or 14 nominators, made up of presenters, artists, producers and writers from North America, South America, Africa, Europe, East Asia, South East Asia and Australasia.