Science pictures

A destructive wave of viscous red mud has all but erased the village of Bento Rodrigues.

David Sim Nov 13, 2015

The death toll is expected to rise after a powerful earthquake struck a remote area of north-eastern Afghanistan.

David Sim Oct 26, 2015

Climate change can be good for some species but which will be the winners?

David Sim Oct 20, 2015

Reuters photographer Denis Balibouse photographs the Aletsch Glacier in the Swiss Alps.

David Sim Oct 15, 2015

These photos of Australia taken by Nasa astronaut Scott Kelly look like abstract paintings.

David Sim Oct 13, 2015

Photographs of the ghost town of Pripyat abandoned after the Chernobyl disaster in 1986.

David Sim Oct 12, 2015

Torrential rain causes flash flooding in the US and France and there is a deadly landslide in Guatemala.

David Sim Oct 05, 2015

Hazardous smog has blanketed parts of northern Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia.

David Sim Sep 29, 2015

Skygazers around the world were treated to a blood supermoon, caused by the convergence of two astronomical phenomena.

David Sim Sep 28, 2015

The Kinugawa River burst its banks after Tropical Storm Etau brought two months of rain in just 48 hours.

David Sim Sep 10, 2015

The unseasonal clouds of dust killed two people in Lebanon and injured hundreds more.

David Sim Sep 08, 2015

July 2015 was the hottest month ever recorded on Earth. And 2015 is on course to be the warmest year.

David Sim Aug 21, 2015

Thousands of dead fish have been found in the Haihe River, stoking fears over a leak of toxic chemicals.

David Sim Aug 21, 2015

Before-and-after satellite photos and aerial imagery show the scale of the devastation.

David Sim Aug 17, 2015

Endless drought is seeing California suffer one of the worst fire seasons in its history.

David Sim Aug 14, 2015

Photographing meteor showers can be tricky. You need the right equipment and no small amount of luck to get the best shots.

David Sim Aug 12, 2015

The death toll is expected to rise as rescue workers reach remote flooded areas in Myanmar.

David Sim Aug 03, 2015

First observed in the 70s, there are almost 4,000 sinkholes along the shores of the salty sea today.

David Sim Jul 29, 2015

IBTimesUK presents a gallery of mass gatherings around the globe to mark World Population Day 2015.

David Sim Jul 10, 2015

The Yellow Sea turns green as a thick carpet of algae covers the beaches of Shangdong Province, eastern China.

David Sim Jul 07, 2015

Guiyu in southern China's Guangdong province is one of the world's largest electronic waste dump sites.

David Sim Jul 03, 2015

Karachi mortuaries at bursting point as fatalities increase during intense heatwave.

David Sim Jun 23, 2015

A tiger that escaped from a flooded zoo in Georgia has killed one man and wounded another.

David Sim Jun 17, 2015

China has taken millions of high-polluting vehicles off the roads and they now lie in huge scrap yards.

David Sim Jun 12, 2015

One in every 150 children born is albino on these islands off the Caribbean coast of Panama.

David Sim Jun 11, 2015

An alarm clock that tips you out of bed, cars that park vertically and a hat that is also a comb are among the list.

David Sim Jun 11, 2015

Widespread fear over South Korea's MERS outbreak triggers shortages of surgical face masks.

David Sim Jun 09, 2015

Aerial photographs showing some of the ecological challenges faced by our planet.

David Sim Jun 05, 2015

Photos illustrate the link between environmental and social issues such as climate change and poverty.

David Sim Jun 02, 2015

China is the world's largest consumer and producer of tobacco, and smoking is woven into the fabric of Chinese culture.

David Sim Jun 01, 2015