Climate change winners and losers: Which animal species will thrive? [Photos]
Climate change can be good for some species but which will be the winners?
World Solar Challenge 2015: Solar-powered electric cars race across Australia [Photos]
Under blue skies and unrelenting sunshine, solar-powered cars are racing across Australia.
Philippines: Typhoon Koppu retreats leaving at least 20 dead and destroying rice crops [Photos]
Koppu was a category 4 typhoon when it made landfall, but it has weakened into a storm and has moved north over the Luzon Strait.
Africa on Safari: Drones and remote-controlled buggies capture intimate wildlife photographs
In their book Africa On Safari, Kym and Tonya Illman reveal how they captured their wildlife photos.
Thailand vegetarian festival: Bizarre facial piercings include guns, umbrellas and tricycles [Graphic images]
Devotees pierce both cheeks and thread skewers through the holes. Some go a bit further.
Migrants stranded in no-man's land as Balkan countries argue over what to do with them [Photo report]
Thousands of migrants and refugees were stranded at Croatia's borders with Slovenia and Serbia.
EU migrant crisis: Hungary completes razor wire fence and is closing Croatia border
Hungary is sealing its border with Croatia to stem the flow of thousands of migrants and refugees arriving daily.
Rugby World Cup 2015: Bone-crunching action shots from the first round [Photos]
From a safe distance, IBTimes UK takes a look at the bruising action at the 2015 Rugby World Cup.
Israelis stock up on guns and pepper spray as Palestinian stabbing attacks spread fear [Photo report]
Israelis are stocking up on guns and taking self-defence lessons, while shops are running out of pepper spray.
Migrant crisis: Greek coast guard recovers refugees' bodies after Lesbos boat collision [graphic images]
Seven bodies, including one of a baby, were pulled from the sea after the collision.
Climate change: See Europe's biggest glacier, the Great Aletsch, now, before it's too late [Photos]
Reuters photographer Denis Balibouse photographs the Aletsch Glacier in the Swiss Alps.
The Best of Boris: The funniest photos of London Mayor Boris Johnson
Mayor of London Boris Johnson knocking over a 10-year-old boy during a rugby game and other funny photos.
Maria Goretti: US Catholics flock to see remains of patron saint of rape victims [Photos]
The remains of Maria Goretti, one of youngest saints in in the Catholic Church, are on a tour of the United States.
Nikon Small World 2015 winner: Incredible close-up image of pollen grains on a bee's eye [Photos]
Australian high school teacher and former beekeeper captures dandelion pollen grains on a honey bee's eye.
Israel sealing Palestinian East Jerusalem after stabbings and shootings on 'Day of Rage' [Graphic images]
Israel begins sealing Palestinian neighbourhoods in East Jerusalem after wave of deadly attacks.
Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2015: Graphic fox fight picture wins prestigious competition
Bloody photo of a fight between a red fox and an Arctic fox wins this year's Wildlife Photographer of the Year.
MH17 plane reconstructed from fragments of wreckage recovered from crash site in Ukraine [Photos]
Journalists fell silent as the reassembled wreckage, much of it twisted and riddled with holes, was presented.
Earth Art: Astronaut's beautiful photos of Australia's dramatic landscapes from space
These photos of Australia taken by Nasa astronaut Scott Kelly look like abstract paintings.
Columbus Day: Protesters call Christopher Columbus a 'terrorist' and mark Indigenous Peoples Day instead
Indigenous Americans says Columbus Day ignores a history of colonialism, enslavement, discrimination and land grabs.
Chernobyl disaster: Inside the exclusion zone and abandoned ghost town of Pripyat [Photos]
Photographs of the ghost town of Pripyat abandoned after the Chernobyl disaster in 1986.
Israeli troops shoot dead five young stone-throwing Palestinians on Gaza border [Photos]
The killed demonstrators were among around 200 Palestinians advancing towards the border.
Inside North Korea: Pyongyang shows signs of prosperity ahead of huge military parade [Photos]
Smartphones, traffic jams, restaurants and taxis – North Korea's capital is showing signs of prosperity.
China: The pensioners, students and amateur traders dominating stock markets [Photos]
About 80% of all transactions on China's stock markets are conducted by amateur traders.
Syria: Photos show rebel-held areas hit by Russian air strikes and cruise missiles
Russia's air strikes have mostly focused on areas of western Syria not held by Islamic State.
India divided after Hindu mob lynched Muslim man over rumours he killed a cow and ate beef
Murder of Muslim man thrown a spotlight on the polarising agenda of some followers of Indian PM Narendra Modi.
South Carolina flooding: 11 killed after 2ft of rain falls in three days [Photos]
Over 2ft of rain have fallen in the past three days in parts of South Carolina.
Protesters storm Air France headquarters and rip managers' shirts off their backs [Photos]
Activists protesting against redundancies at Air France stormed the HQ and attacked two managers.
Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta 2015: Where dreams take flight [Photos]
More than 500 hot air balloons took to the skies for the annual Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta in New Mexico.
Extreme weather: Hurricane Joaquin, French Riviera and South Carolina floods, Typhoon Mujigae, Guatemala landslide [Photos]
Torrential rain causes flash flooding in the US and France and there is a deadly landslide in Guatemala.
Israeli police and Palestinians clash after Muslim men under 40 were barred from Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque
Tensions flare between Israelis and Palestinians over access to the al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem.