In Riga at least 32 people have died and 35 been wounded after the roof of a store caved in.
Series of official events scheduled in Dallas, Texas, to mark anniversary of Kennedy's assassination.
2014 edition of iconic calendar is abandoned project by world-renowned photographer.
A look through Norwegian chess superstar's career as he battles India's Viswanathan Anand for the world title.
26 dead after bus driver warning lights at crossing in Dahshur, say rail officials.
Hundreds of endangered slow lorises rescued from smugglers in Java.
Feminist group in 'You don't buy, I don't sell' campaign to criminalise prostitution clients.
Images from four generations of the Gibson family show shipwrecks between 1872 and 1997.
Hundreds of Bolivians carrying human skulls flocked to the chapel of La Paz cemetery for blessings.
Superstorm Yolanda kills at least four in central Philippines before moving out to South China Sea.
Kate Middleton and Prince William went on a 1960s Routemaster with Barbara Windsor.
Republican candidate Joe Lhota loses race to replace Michael Bloomberg.
Annual ritual sees thousands of visitors watch flaming barrels of tar carried through the streets of Ottery St Mary.
'Most interesting eclipse of the year' captured on film.
These stars went all out to create the best costumes for the most exclusive parties.
People across Mexico honour deceased relatives and loved ones by decorating graves.
Adolescents across the globe are using social media to document the awkward family gatherings, mournful self-portraits and funeral outfits.
Loloi photographs very overweight women to challenge West's notions of beauty.
Feminist demonstrators support campaign to let women in Saudi Arabia drive with strip protest at Berlin embassy.
Trees felled and thousands stranded without power as St Jude continues to batter south of UK.
Fire and collapsed roof at Dulces Blueberry plant leaves one dead and 40 injured.
Duke and Duchess of Cambridge christen Prince George in St James' Palace with friends and family.
At least 441 new species discovered in Amazon rainforest over last four years.
Demonstration against district oil rights auction won by Petrobras-led consortium staged in Barra de Tijuca district.
Northern Chinese city Harbin under virtual shutdown in city-wide emergency.
New South Wales authorities say at least 14 bushfires still out of control, hundreds evacuated.
7.2-magnitude quake ravages central island of Bohol, while Cebu and Siquijor provinces decimated.
South African Greg du Toit named Wildlife Photographer of the Year for image of elephants.
Landslides triggered by heavy downpour batter tiny island near Tokyo while Wipha brushes past wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant.
7.2-magnitude quake ravages central island of Bohol, while Cebu and Siquijor provinces decimated.