Travel pictures

Behind boarded-up windows and "No Trespass" signs lies a hidden world, slowly being claimed back by nature.

Creepy dolls litter the ghost town of Pripyat, but were they abandoned by fleeing children or placed there by visitors?

This slowdown in economic ties became marked after North Korea's fourth nuclear test in January 2016 and a series of missile launches since then.

Thai men can volunteer to serve in the army for six months or enter a lottery that can mean exemption or two years' service. Transgender women are forced to undergo embarrassing examinations.

With its red telephone boxes and double decker buses, Gibraltar remains an outpost of Britishness at the tip of Spain.

People burn incense, fake money and paper models of houses, cars and other goods in the belief their ancestors will be able to enjoy them in the afterlife.

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.

China has banned "abnormal" beards and the wearing of veils in public places as it imposes a "great wall of iron" in its far western Xinjiang region.

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

This year's edition of the world's biggest photography competition received more than 105,000 entries from 66 countries.

Winners of the ten categories in the Open section of the world's largest 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.

The Sewol passenger ferry sank off the coast of Jindo island on 16 April 2014 and has now been raised.

Jesus Christ's tomb has been resurrected – in time for Easter.

Desperate people with dreams of getting rich find they are little more than slaves in a lawless underworld.

Newroz – also spelled Nowruz – marks the arrival of spring and new year in countries that use the Persian calendar.

Satirical sculptures known as 'ninots' go up in flames at the finale of the Las Fallas festival in Valencia.

A sudden and abnormal warming of Pacific waters off Peru has unleashed the deadliest downpours in decades.

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.

Some 62 people have died and 12,000 homes have been destroyed across Peru.

Snow, sleet and low overnight temperatures raise fears of black ice for morning motorists and pedestrians.

A snowstorm grounded more than 5,000 flights, knocked out power to over 100,000 customers, closed schools and prompted warnings to stay off the roads.

The Mercer's 19th annual Quality of Living survey takes into account a city's infrastructure, transport connections, economic instability, social unrest and growing political upheaval.

The Mercer's 19th annual Quality of Living survey takes into account a city's infrastructure, transport connections, economic instability, social unrest and growing political upheaval which affect the quality of living.

The riotous celebrations involve throwing coloured powders at friends and family, giving the holiday its popular name Festival of Colours.

This year marks the 126th anniversary of the world's most prestigious dog show, with competitors travelling from across the globe to take part in the event.

These portraits will inspire people to give to the abbey's first public appeal in 30 years to raise funds for The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Galleries.

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