Israel: The Dead Sea is shrinking and hundreds of sinkholes are opening up on its shores [Photos]
First observed in the 70s, there are almost 4,000 sinkholes along the shores of the salty sea today.
China: Houses covered in ivy as nature reclaims abandoned fishing village [Photos]
A dense layer of ivy covers the houses in the abandoned fishing village on a Chinese island.
Calais crisis: Desperate migrants storm Channel Tunnel and board trucks heading to UK [Photo report]
Thousands of migrants in Calais are trying to reach England from France 'at all costs'.
British photographer Paul Reiffer captures dizzying view from 128-floor Shanghai Tower [Photos]
The Shanghai Tower will be the world's second-tallest building when it opens later in 2015.
Gaza power cuts: Residents living without electricity for up to 18 hours every day [Photo report]
The Gaza Strip, home to 1.8 million people, has been experiencing up to 18 hours of power cuts a day.
Rio 2016: Favela residents refuse to move out to make way for Olympic construction [Photo report]
With less than a year until the start of the Rio 2016 Olympics, many people fear the city won't be ready.
Philippines: Protesters and riot police clash before Aquino's state of the nation speech [Photos]
Benigno Aquino III's final state of the nation speech marked by torrential downpours and violent protests.
Daily Overview: Fascinating satellite photographs of Earth show man's impact on the planet
Daily Overview publishes an image of the Earth where human activity has shaped the landscape every day.
Venezuela: Shortages of doctors, medicines and basics put mothers' and babies' lives at risk [Photo report]
Hospitals are forced to turn away patients due to lack of everything from antibiotics to doctors.
Kenya: Barack Obama's ancestral village upset by US President's snub [Photo report]
The residents of Obama's ancestral village – and Africans in general – expected more from this US president.
France: Farmers block roads and dump manure outside banks and supermarkets [Photo report]
Protesting farmers barricade roads, dump manure outside banks and set fire to rubbish outside supermarkets.
Tim Flach: Expressive animal portraits go on show at Retina Photography Festival in Edinburgh
Tim Flach's portraits show how humans attribute emotions and thoughts to animals.
Bounce Below: The underground adventure park with giant trampolines inside an abandoned Welsh mine
Giant trampolines, walkways, slides and tunnels are suspended inside a cavern twice the size of St Paul's Cathedral.
China's nail houses: Defiant homeowners who refuse to make way for progress [Photos]
Houses left stranded in the middle of construction sites, like stubborn nails that can't be pounded down.
Spain: Abandoned Ciudad Real airport cost £700m to build, but could sell for £7,000
It cost more than a billion euros to build, but Spain's 'ghost airport' received just one bid of €10,000 at auction.
Burundi elections: Voting begins amid violence as President Nkurunziza seeks third term [Photo report]
Gunfire echoed around the capital in a nation grappling with its worst crisis since a civil war ended in 2005.
Turkey buries victims of suspected Islamic State suicide bombing in Suruc amid angry scenes [Photo report]
Funerals are being held for the victims of an apparent Islamic State (Isis) suicide bombing in Suruc, Turkey.
Magaluf: Boozy Brits abroad keep up bawdy behaviour in Shagaluf despite crackdown [Photos]
How has the crackdown on drunken tourists affected nightlife in Magaluf? Not much.
Cuba and US reopen embassies: Key events in the history of the Cold War foes [Photo report]
The United States and Cuba have re-established embassies in each other's capitals, formally restoring diplomatic ties.
Boryeong Mud Festival 2015: Locals and tourists get down and dirty in South Korea [Photos]
Revellers wrestle in huge pools of grey goo at South Korea's Boryeong Mud Festival.
Greece: Fire rages on the hills around Athens causing residents to flee
Wildfires burning through woodland on hills are sending clouds of smoke billowing over the Greek capital.
Inside the Ku Klux Klan: Photos of white supremacists and cross-burning ceremonies around the US
Johnny Milano travelled from state to state to cover KKK rallies and cross-lighting ceremonies.
Riba Stirling Prize 2015 shortlist: Which of these six is Britain's best new building? [Photos]
South London girls' school, Airdrie cancer hospice and Manchester gallery all up for British architecture's top prize.
El Chapo: Inside the tunnel used by Mexican druglord Joaquin Guzman to escape from prison [Photos]
A look at how Mexico's most notorious drug lord, Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzman, escaped from a high-security prison.
Greece: Battle rages inside and outside parliament as bailout deal is passed [Photo report]
Prime minister Alexis Tsipras faced a revolt from his own party inside parliament, while a battle raged outside.
Killing The Messenger: Over 60 journalists killed in 2015 so far with France deadliest country [Photo report]
France tops the list as the deadliest country in the world to be a journalist in 2015.
Prix Pictet: Shortlist announced for world's top photography prize
The shortlist for one of the world's leading photography prizes has been announced.
Bastille Day 2015: Anti-terrorist forces join military parade in Paris in show of strength [Photos]
France celebrates Bastille Day 2015 with a huge anti-extremism display in Paris.
Indonesia: Ramadan at Islamic school for Muslim transgender women [Photos]
An Islamic school in Indonesia allows members of the transgender community to pray together.
Pamplona San Fermin festival 2015: Not just a load of bull [Photos]
Pamplona's San Fermin festival is a celebration of Basque traditions and folklore.
