Orthodox Christians celebrate Good Friday and the start of the Easter weekend [Photo report]
Orthodox Christians around the world are celebrating Easter this weekend.
California: Inside Facebook's new Menlo Park HQ: Instagram users photograph Frank Gehry building
Facebook invited Instagram users into its huge new building in Menlo Park, designed by Frank Gehry.
Tunnels used by cartels to smuggle drugs under the border between the US and Mexico [Photo report]
As soon as one tunnel is shut down, the Mexican drug cartels start work on another.
Yemen crisis: Saudi-led air strikes on Houthi positions in Sanaa and around the country [Photo report]
Sanaa has endured several nights of heavy bombardment targeting Houthi positions and arms stores.
Japan: Inside the cavernous underground water tanks that prevent Tokyo from flooding [Photos]
Huge tanks under Tokyo form the world's largest underground flood diversion facility.
General Election 2015: Best and worst photos of party leaders on the campaign trail
IBTimesUK rounds up some of the best photos from the General Election campaign so far.
Save Soho: Fascinating old photos of the vibrant heart of London's West End over the years
IBTimes UK presents a gallery of historic street scenes in Soho, an area under threat of redevelopment.
Iraq: Exhuming mass graves of 1,700 soldiers slaughtered by Isis in Tikrit [Graphic images]
Forensics teams have begun exhuming bodies from mass graves in Tikrit.
Japan's Ruriden columbarium: Crystal Buddhas and LED lights for a spectacular afterlife [Photos]
A Buddhist temple in Tokyo offers a high-tech resting place for those seeking a brighter afterlife.
China: Explosion and fire at toxic chemical plant in Zhangzhou [Photo report]
Nearly 1,000 firefighters were deployed to tackle at blaze at a chemical plant in Zhangzhou.
Japan: Amazing 3D-printed ice cube sculptures created for Suntory whisky [Photos and video]
Japanese advertising agency TBWAHakuhodo has created 3D-printed ice cubes for Suntory Whisky.
California drought: Governor Jerry Brown orders 25% water cuts after record low snow [Photos]
Governor Jerry Brown has ordered residents and businesses to cut water use by 25 percent.
Holy Week around the world: Hooded penitents and flagellations in the run-up to Easter 2015
Photos of Holy Week celebrations in Spain, Venezuela, the Philippines and more.
Thailand's Poy Sang Long festival: Shaven-headed boys in make-up become Buddhist novices [Photos]
The Poy Sang Long festival is a rite of passage held every year among the Tai Yai people of Myanmar and Thailand.
Isis: Iraq security forces and Shi'ite fighters clearing Tikrit of IS militants [Photo report]
Iraq's interior minister says security forces will gain full control of Tikrit 'within the coming hours'.
Lonely death clean-up crews in ageing Japan where 5 million elderly people live alone [Photo report]
Reuters photographer Torui Hanai accompanies a clean-up crew to a dead man's apartment in Tokyo.
Kashmir landslide: Heartbreaking photos of villagers mourning for victims buried in mud [Graphic images]
A landslide in Kashmir killed 16 people when a hillside collapsed onto a house in Laden village.
India: New EU rules ban unsafe dismantling of ships on beaches in south Asia [Photo report]
Where do old ships go when they die? The answer would probably be: a beach in south Asia.
California: Animal rescue centres struggling with record number of stranded starving sea lion pups
Malnourished sea lion pups are getting stranded on California beaches in record numbers.
Sony World Photography Awards 2015: Winners are finally revealed
The winners of the world's biggest photography competition have been revealed.
Dragoon Ride: US Army convoy rolls through eastern Europe to reassure countries bordering Russia and Ukraine
A convoy of tanks and other US military vehicles is driving through eastern European countries.
Japan: Cherry blossom viewing 'hanami' parties celebrate ancient tradition using selfie sticks [Photos]
Crowds flock to Tokyo's Ueno Park for the start of the cherry blossom season, many of them armed with selfie sticks.
Holy Week: How Christians around the world celebrated Palm Sunday [Photos]
Christians around the world marked Palm Sunday, the day the Bible says Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey.
Mogadishu siege: Al-Shabaab Islamist militants trap Somali government officials in hotel
At least seven dead as Islamist militants blast their way into a hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu.
Singapore: Thousands queue for up to 10 hours to pay respects to former PM Lee Kuan Yew
Mourners are being urged not to join the queue to pay respects to former Singapore PM Lee Kuan Yew.
Germanwings plane crash: Bodies airlifted off French Alps and evidence removed from Andreas Lubitz home
Crash investigators comb through the Germanwings Airbus A320 wreckage scattered across the Alps.
Floods in Chile and landslides in Peru after heaviest rain in 80 years
The heaviest rainfall in 80 years has caused flooding in the Atacama region of Chile and landslides in Peru.
Germanwings crash press intrusion: School that lost 16 students begs for privacy to grieve
The school that lost 16 teenage students in the crash accuses journalists of bribing students for interviews.
Saudi air strikes in Yemen: Rescuers search rubble for survivors in Sana'a [Photo report]
Planes launch air strikes on the airport in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, and its military air base.
Australia's peacock spiders: So cute, even arachnophobes will love them [Photos and video]
Meet Sparklemuffin, Skeletorus and other cute members of Australia's colourful Maratus genus.
