Ezra Shaw goes in search of the secret to Cuba's phenomenal Olympic boxing success, and discovers real dedication and warmth.
At least 15 people have been killed in floods and 16 missing as landslides cause building collapse.
An onshore pipeline ruptured along the California coast, spewing crude oil onto pristine beaches.
Islamic State militants have seized part of Palmyra, home to a world famous archaeological site.
Rescue workers with sniffer dogs search for bodies buried under mud and debris in Salgar, Colombia.
In pictures: Indonesian fishermen rescue more than 430 migrants who had been stranded at sea.
Southeast Asia's boat people are held in detention centres until the authorities decide what to do with them.
Kevin Frayer photographs a steam train where your fellow passengers may include poultry and pigs.
Transport for London seeks innovative uses for Down Street tube station, which closed in 1932.
Marius Jovaiša is the first artist to get government permission to fly over Cuba and photograph it from above.
Heavily armed soldiers have been deployed in Burundi to quell protests against president's bid for third term.
The red carpet was dominated with plunging necklines designed by the likes of Balmain and Tom Ford.
Migrants are trying to walk to western Europe by crossing into Serbia from Macedonia and Kosovo.
Charlize Theron led the cast of the film for the star-studded red carpet premiere, accompanied by Sean Penn.
A wooden fishing boat carrying an estimated 400 migrants is adrift off the island of Koh Lipe.
Paulette Tavormina's meticulously arranged photos look like still life paintings by the Old Masters.
The second earthquake brought down some buildings that were already fragile.
Police to open criminal investigation after reports that workers were trapped by bars on windows of factory.
Photos of crowds celebrating after a general announced he had deposed President Pierre Nkurunziza.
Goran Tomasevic talks about his photos of protesters attacking a female police officer in Bujumbura.
Inside two filthy wooden fishing boats used to traffic Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrants.
Darrin Zammit Lupi's powerful photos of rescues at sea and life in detention camps in Malta.
Protesters wearing bizarre masks demonstrate against President Pierre Nkurunziza's bid for a third term.
Hana al-Za'anin became pregnant using her husband's sperm smuggled out of an Israeli jail.
An estimated 6,000 Bangladeshis and Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar are trapped in crowded, wooden boats.
Akintunde Akinleye photographed former Boko Haram strongholds in north-eastern Nigeria.
Kumanovo's residents are deeply sceptical of claims that Kosovan terrorists were behind the attacks.
Portraits of Second World War veterans from each of the 15 former Soviet republics.
David Cameron is set for a second term as prime minister, but Miliband and Clegg are poised to resign.
Up to 300 people, many of them foreigners, are believed to have been buried by an avalanche in Langtang.