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Nepal bans solo travellers from trekking mountains without guides

Nepal has decided to impose more regulations to increase the safety of the thousands of tourists that visit the Himalayan state every year.

Happy Chinese New Year! Asia celebrates the arrival of the Year of the Dog

People burn incense at temples to pray for good health and fortune and flock to temple fairs to watch dragon dances and Chinese opera.

40 Dramatic Photos Of Sinkholes And Giant Craters That Swallowed Homes And Cars Around The World

We look at craters that have suddenly opened up around the world.

Chinese New Year: A fiery 2018 predicted for people born in the Year of the Dog, like Donald Trump

Donald Trump is a typical Fire Dog: hot-tempered, talkative and argumentative. Chinese astrologers predict his second year in office will be even more tempestuous than his first.

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Giant food fight as thousands throw fruit in medieval Battle of the Oranges

Teams throw 500,000 kilograms of oranges at each other as the northern Italian town of Ivrea marks the start of carnival season.

Rio Carnival 2018 night one: Eye-popping costumes and spectacular floats

Seven of Rio de Janeiro's elite samba schools danced through the specially-built Sambadrome on the first night of the city's famous Carnival parades.

bioluminescent phytoplankton Big Sur California

Amazing photos of bioluminescent phytoplankton glowing blue in the sea in Big Sur, California

People living along the California coast are being treated to a living light show as tiny glowing phytoplankton light up the waves at Big Sur.

Experience thousands of orchids at Kew Gardens' Thai tropical paradise

Escape to somewhere exotic and tropical this winter: the 23rd annual orchid festival at Kew Gardens in southwest London.

Amazing photos of 2018 Santa Cruz de Tenerife Carnival queens wearing huge 80kg costumes on wheels

The spectacular costumes – covered in feathers, sequins and jewels – can be more than 5m high and weigh over 80kg.

Taiwan earthquake photos: Firefighters rescue people from buildings leaning at precarious angles

Photos show buildings in Hualien leaning at sharp angles, their lowest floors crushed into mangled heaps of concrete, shattered glass and bent iron beams.

Photos of Japanese military helicopter crash site show how fortunate young girl was to escape house

An 11-year-old girl was the only one person at home when the helicopter crashed into her house. She managed to escape with only a minor knee injury,

Inside an eerie, abandoned ski resort near the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) in South Korea

The Alps Ski Resort was one of South Korea's first winter sports destinations, attracting tens of thousands of skiers every year, until it abruptly shut in 2006.

Berlin Wall 1961 to 1989: Pictorial history of the Cold War barrier and famous escapes

The Berlin Wall has now been dismantled for as long as it stood - 28 years, two months and 26 days, or 10,316 days in total.

China's Lunar New Year: Chaotic scenes as hundreds of millions of people travel home for holiday

The world's largest annual migration is underway as hundreds of millions of Chinese people head back home to celebrate the Lunar New Year with their families.

Venice Carnival 2018 photos: Best costumes and masks at this year's Carnevale di Venezia

IBTimes UK presents a gallery featuring the best photos of the most creative costumes and masks at this year's Venice Carnival.

The Spheres: Amazon's rainforest space may look cool, but wouldn't you rather work in an office?

Amazon says its "employees can work in an environment that's more like a tropical rainforest in the clouds than an office." Like that's a good thing.

In pictures: At Venice Carnival 2018, you're free to be what you want to be

Venice carnival costumes are changing. It's not just fabulous ballgowns for the ladies and black cloaks for the men. Why should the ladies have all the fun?

Australia day? Invasion Day rallies mark start of white colonisation

Invasion Day rallies to protest against Australia Day, the celebration of the start of white colonisation and persecution of Aboriginal Australians 230 years ago.

Before-and-after photos of floods in Paris as River Seine continues to rise

Rivers across France keep getting more and more swollen as more and more rain falls on the country,.

Photos of America's biggest gun show, down the road from where 58 people were killed in Las Vegas

The Shooting, Hunting, Outdoor Trade (SHOT) Show is being held at the Sands Expo and Convention Centre, a nine-minute drive away from the Mandalay Bay resort.

In pictures: Flooding in Paris as River Seine bursts its banks

Paris City Hall closed roads along the shores of the Seine as water levels rose at least 3.3 metres (nearly 11 feet) above the normal level.

Outdoor Photographer of the Year competition: Category winners revealed

The Outdoor Photographer of the Year competition provides a powerful insight into the landscapes, wildlife and nature of the planet, and the adventures to be found on it.

Photos and video: Avalanche at ski resort in Japan after volcano erupted

One man was killed and at least 11 people were injured when an avalanche, possibly triggered by the eruption of a nearby volcano, engulfed skiers.

Mayon volcano photos: Violent eruption 'imminent' in days or hours

Lava fountains gush up 700 metres (2,300 feet) above Mount Mayon's crater and ash plumes tower up to three kilometres (1.9 miles) in the sky.

Suffering in Silence: The world's most under-reported humanitarian crises

While North Korea's nuclear ambitions made global headlines, its humanitarian situation received almost no coverage.

Lumiere London 2018: Highlights of the capital's amazing light festival

For four nights, London's dark streets are being lit up by more than 50 light-based artworks across the city as part of the Lumiere arts festival.

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