Kurdish refugees stream in Turkey as the US-led coalition bombards Isis positions in Kobani.
There aren't enough beds in isolation units to keep up with the hundreds who get sick each week.
Over two million Muslim pilgrims from all over the world gather in Mecca for the annual Hajj.
With the advent of Halloween, the British Library showcases an exhibition on Gothic art and literature.
Chapel in Vietnam wins the World Building of the Year award at the World Architecture Festival.
A six-acre portrait has gone on show on the National Mall in Washington, DC.
Reuters' photographer Yannis Behrakis travelled to Balsfjord in Norway for the Aurora Borealis.
Critics say Mecca's planners cater to wealthier pilgrims with the construction of five-star hotels.
Photos of airline passengers engaged in inappropriate behaviour.
'Hunter' is like any other separatist fighter in eastern Ukraine – apart from his American accent.
The Banality of Evil: Daniel and Geo Fuchs photograph Stasi police headquarters, interrogation rooms and prisons.
Umbrella-wielding protesters clash with riot police amid clouds of tear gas in Hong Kong.
Ashley Giles and a group of cricketers played the match below the summit of Kilimanjaro.
People with over-active imaginations have spotted all sorts of things on the Red Planet.
Nasa has produced a poster spoofing The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy.
The top two floors of the ageing Pata department store in Bangkok are occupied by a zoo.
Powerful images by one of the world's most important photographers go on show in London.
The town of Seseña, 35km south of Madrid, is blighted by an enormous mountain of old tyres.
Pentagon officials have released photos and video showing strikes on Islamic State sites in Syria.
The massive forest blaze in California continues to spread more than a week after it started.
Climate change protesters stage anti-capitalist New York sit-in.
Some 130,000 Syrian Kurds fleeing Isis have crossed the border into Turkey.
Police in Pattaya carry out nightly raids in the red light district, arresting prostitutes.
The final day of the Oscar Pistorius trial as the Blade Runner is found guilty of culpable homicide.
Bungie's sci-fi epic Destiny is out now, and here is some gorgeous concept art.
A website has been set up to help Russians to find soldiers who were sent to Ukraine.
Six months after FlightMH370 went missing, relatives cling to what their loved ones left behind.
Photographer Lunae Parracho follows Ka'apor warriors in the search for illegal loggers in the Amazon.
Hindus across India celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi, in honour of the elephant-headed god Lord Ganesha.
An exhibition of Bob Willoughby's photos of Audrey Hepburn, the Rat Pack, James Dean and more.