PICTURES

The heavy rains, forecast to continue through the weekend, come after the recent spell of severe drought and wildfires.

Dornier aircraft crashes into banks of river immediately after take-off and bursts into flames killing all on board.

The ramp of the Paris Fashion Week created the true sense of spring and summer as models strutted out these designers’ light-hued to vibrant collection.

Megayachts steal the show at the annual yacht show in Monaco.

The opening day of Oktoberfest 2012 coincided with a first day of autumn that brought heavy rain to Munich.

Protesters angry at militant group Ansar al-Sharia which is allegedly involved in the US consulate attack.

UK physicists won an award for calculating the balance of forces that shape and move the hair in a human ponytail at the 2012 Ig Nobel Prizes.

Ukrainian feminist radical collective stages provocative march through 18th arrondissement to publicise 'boot camp'.

Kate Middleton, who has been facing the controversy over her topless photos, looked much touched by the local feel of the Pacific as she ended her visit to the Solomon Islands.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge attended an island feast, traditionally held outdoors, dressed in traditional batik printed outfits.

Pope Benedict XVI concludes his three-day visit to Lebanon with an open-air mass on Beirut waterfront.

Protests against alleged rigging of recent elections, corruption and repression.

Sun-Myung Moon's followers believe he was asked by Jesus to restore humanity on Earth.

Anti-US protests spread across Australia, India and Africa.

William and Kate, currently on the second leg of their visit to Malaysia, visit Borneo rainforest.

Copies of French magazine Closer, showing topless photographs of Kate Middleton, along with Prince William, have hit the stands across France

'With effective palliative care, lives can be transformed' duchess tells audience.

Prince William and Kate Middleton arrived fresh-faced and full of enthusiasm in Malaysia on September 13 to begin their second leg of nine day tour of the Far East.

Kate Middleton and Prince William end their Singapore visit by spending some time at Kranji Commonwealth War Cemetery.

The 2012 King's Cup Elephant Polo Tournament started with a grand opening ceremony in the seaside town of Hua Hin, nearly 160 km south of Bangkok in Thailand on 12 September.

Kate Middleton spent her second day in Singapore in two dresses - a white Alexander McQueen broderie anglaise dress and a light coloured belted dress.

Prince William inspects a guard of honour and gives a short speech at the presidential palace in Singapore on the first day of his nine-day tour to South East Asia and South Pacific.

Meet the real life exorcist, Hermes Cifuentes, known as Brother Hermes in Colombia, who claims to have performed more than 35,000 exorcism rituals in the past 25 years.

Kate Middleton begins first official Asia tour with Prince William. Kate seems to be on her way to winning hearts of the East. The visit marks Queen's Diamond Jubilee.

Stars of stage, screen and soccer unite to cheer Scot to victory at Flushing Meadows.

Andy Murray becomes first British man to win Grand Slam title for more than 75 years with five-set victory at Flushing Meadows.

Rebels respond with bomb blasts killing dozens of Assad's troops in Syria's largest city.

The outcome of the election is expected to have a major bearing on the way democracy evolves in Hong Kong.

Beautiful swirls of green and red lights appeared in the sky over Whitehorse, a town in the Canadian territory of Yukon, on the night of 3 September, as a solar filament glanced off the Earth's magnetic environment