In Pictures: California’s largest fire torches homes
Flames racing through rugged terrain in Northern California destroyed multiple homes on Saturday as the state’s largest wildfire intensified and ...
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In Pictures: Haiti prepares to bury its slain president
Haiti on Thursday prepared to bury its slain president under tight security, just over two weeks after his assassination further ...
In Pictures: Israeli police forcibly clear Al-Aqsa worshippers
Israeli police fired tear gas and rubber-coated bullets at worshippers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound as hundreds of Jewish pilgrims ...
In Pictures: Hajj in Mecca during the COVID pandemic
Tens of thousands of vaccinated Muslim pilgrims circled Islam’s holiest site in Mecca on Sunday but remained socially distanced and ...
In Pictures: Search for flood survivors continues in Germany
Rescue workers searched flood-ravaged parts of western Germany for survivors as water levels remained high in many towns and houses ...
In Pictures: Death toll rises in ‘devastating’ German floods
At least 19 people have died and dozens are reported missing as record rainfall in western Germany caused rivers to ...
In Pictures: A deadly shoot-out in Indian-administered Kashmir
Indian forces have killed three suspected rebels in a shoot-out in Indian-administered Kashmir, officials said, triggering anti-India protests and clashes ...
In Pictures: Refugee Olympic Team trains ahead of Tokyo 2020
Doha, Qatar – Full of enthusiasm, passion and excitement, the Refugee Olympic Team has been training hard in the Qatari capital ...
In Pictures: Fans defend Rashford after racist abuse
People in England have stepped up to defend footballer Marcus Rashford by covering the racist abuse scrawled on a mural ...
In Pictures: Turkish oil wrestling contest returns after hiatus
After a year-long, pandemic-induced hiatus, the sounds of the zurna flute and beating drums again greeted thousands of Turkish wrestling ...
In Pictures: Violence escalates in South Africa as Zuma jailed
South Africa deployed soldiers on Monday to quell violence that erupted following the jailing of former President Jacob Zuma, after ...
In Pictures: A Black man navigates Rio’s racial divide
Felipe Luther spends his afternoons studying for a degree from one of Brazil’s top universities, tucked in the green hills ...
In Pictures: Refugees make risky journeys from Iran across Turkey
The crossings along the mountainous 540km (335 mile)-border between Turkey and Iran are protected by a concrete wall, a barbed-wire-topped ...
In Pictures: Philippine military’s worst air disaster kills 50
Philippine troops found the last five people killed by the crash of a transport aircraft in the south, raising the ...
In Pictures: Nigerian families struggle as food prices soar
With inflation rising around the world as the global economy recovers from the coronavirus pandemic, soaring prices are having dramatic consequences ...
In Pictures: Sudanese protesters demand government’s resignation
Hundreds of Sudanese protesters took to the streets across the country on Wednesday to demand the government’s resignation over the ...
In Pictures: Tibet’s historic sites at risk due to tourism boom
Tourism is booming in Tibet. More and more Chinese are travelling in-country because of the coronavirus pandemic, but this poses ...
In Pictures: Ethiopians queue to vote in key elections
People across Ethiopia queued outside voting stations on Monday to vote in elections described by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed as ...
Photos: Parades, picnics mark Juneteenth celebrations across US
Parades, picnics and history were all around on Saturday to commemorate Juneteenth in the US, a day that carried even ...
In Pictures: The deadly glacier collapse in Indian Himalayas
More than a dozen people are confirmed dead and at least 170 others missing after a chunk of a Himalayan ...
In Pictures: Greece’s only zoo approaches extinction
It is feeding time at Greece’s only zoo and a capuchin monkey grabs as many mandarins as it can – ...
In Pictures: Cyclone Eloise displaces thousands in Mozambique
Tropical Cyclone Eloise hit Mozambique’s Sofala coastal province on Saturday morning before weakening and heading inland to dump rain on ...
In Pictures: Mass demonstrations engulf Russia
Russian police have arrested more than 3,000 people in nationwide protests demanding the release of opposition leader Alexey Navalny, the ...
In Pictures: Guatemala forces battle desperate Honduran migrants
Guatemalan security forces used batons and tear gas to beat back a large migrant caravan bound for the United States. ...
In Pictures: Aftermath of the deadly Indonesia earthquake
At least 56 people have been killed after an earthquake struck Indonesia’s West Sulawesi province on Friday, the country’s disaster ...
In Pictures: Struggling to bury COVID victims in northern Iran
Deep in the lush valleys of northern Iran, where the Alborz Mountains crumble towards the sea, Ali Rahimi takes up ...