Christina Kukola

Authorities say a coroner will investigate the deaths, which come nearly a year after three climbers from the US and Canada went missing on the same mountain.

They were declared dead, but their bodies were never found.

For NPR News, I'm Christina Kukola in Melbourne, Australia.

The video shows the woman taking the wombat from its mother on a dark roadside and running away towards someone laughing. An online petition called for her to be deported. Officials confirmed that the woman, known online as Sam Jones, left Australia voluntarily as a review into a possible breach of her visa conditions was ongoing. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese condemned her actions.

The video shows the woman taking the wombat from its mother on a dark roadside and running away towards someone laughing. An online petition called for her to be deported. Officials confirmed that the woman, known online as Sam Jones, left Australia voluntarily as a review into a possible breach of her visa conditions was ongoing. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese condemned her actions.

Jones returned the baby marsupial moments after taking it. She has since apologised. For NPR News, I'm Christina Kukola in Melbourne, Australia.

Jones returned the baby marsupial moments after taking it. She has since apologised. For NPR News, I'm Christina Kukola in Melbourne, Australia.