Science pictures

The powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake that struck the Greek island of Lesbos killed one person and injured at least 10.

In many parts of Africa, albinos are attacked for their body parts, which are highly prized in witchcraft and can fetch a high price.

In some areas of Colombia, water levels were waist deep and some residents had to resort to travelling along streets on their canoes.

Hospital corridors are lined with sick children and elderly patients, as there aren't enough beds to accommodate them

Environmentalists believe the reef, more 1,000 kilometres long and dotted with brightly coloured coral, may be home to new marine species.

As the end of the orbiter's mission approaches, IBTimes shows some of its best photographs.

An avalanche of mud, water and debris smashed into Mocoa, engulfing homes and killing at least 273 people, many of them children.

Parents search the ruins of their homes after a torrent of mud swept through Mocoa in southern Colombia – killing at least 254 people, many of them children.

Landscape and animal photos by award winners and finalists in the world's biggest photography competition.

At least 84 people have been killed been killed across Peru in floods and landslides caused by El Nino storms.

There are just over two weeks left to enter the world's biggest space photography contest.

World Water Day raises awareness of what society can do to make clean water more accessible.

More than 650 million people, or 10% of the world's population, do not have access to safe water, putting them at risk of infectious diseases and premature death.

The world's largest artificial cave was designed to withstand thousands of tons of explosives and 8-magnitude earthquakes, as well as atomic and hydrogen bombs.

The sixth anniversary of the massive earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster that devastated swathes of Japan on 11 March 2011.

The animals descended from the mountains and invaded residential areas after people were forced to flee after the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear catastrophe.

This year's 22 award-winning images include a 3D model of a pig's eyeball, a parrot's intricate system of blood vessels and a visualisation of tweets about breast cancer.

Highlights include an articulated iron manikin from the 1500s, an animatronic baby from Japan and one of the first walking bipedal robots.

Two billion pixel image shows cosmic clouds of gas and dust in constellation of Scorpius.

Tongue as soft as brains and special saliva help them catch prey.

In pictures: Three people who claim to have mysterious energy radiating from their bodies, allowing them to stick metal objects to their torsos.

For centuries, merchants have travelled across the vast, cracked desert basin with caravans of camels to collect blocks of salt.

A strong undersea earthquake rocked Indonesia's Aceh province, killing at least 97 people and sparking a frantic search for survivors.

Protesters have spent months rallying against the pipeline project, saying it poses a threat to water resources and sacred Native American sites.

The rate of deforestation in the Amazon is on the rise again. Over the past four years it has risen 35%.

Authorities are pushing to shut down privately owned steel factories in an effort to meet China's carbon dioxide emissions targets.

Much of La Paz receives water just three days a week, from 6am to 9am, because reservoirs serving the city are nearly dry.

Plastination is when all the body's liquids are removed and then replaced with plastic polymers.

Tim Peake's new photo book takes readers on a mesmerising tour of the Earth as seen from on high.

The 7.8 magnitude quake on South Island has killed at least two people and sparked landslides.