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Workers give the final touches to ice buildings and giant snow sculptures at the Harbin Ice Festival.

The departure runway was closed for seven minutes on Saturday afternoon

The English city came eighth alongside Reykjavick, Amsterdam and Vancouver

Heavy snow has fallen in Istanbul, causing flight cancellations, road chaos and closure of schools – and beautiful photos.

Marvin will get up to £10,000 in free rides in 2016 while the driver will get an all-expenses paid vacation.

Chancellor George Osborne says shops keep up to half of VAT savings instead of passing them on.

The Christmas getaway has been hampered by major roadworks and rail closures.

The itinerary is named the Holy Grail route after the mythical cup Jesus supposedly drank from at the Last Supper.

There are just days left to enter the world's largest photography competition.

Travel information for the London Underground, Overground and buses over Christmas and New Year's Eve.

Rail disruptions affecting routes to Heathrow, Gatwick and major UK airports are planned for the holidays.

Temples of Mammon go up and come down and go up again, but Sir Christopher Wren's places of worship stand their ground.

Ryanair's use of Brookfield's services the focus of an international probe over alleged tax evasion.

Renowned aerial photographer Jason Hawkes shows a changing London as winter approaches.

The retina in the pilot's right eye got burned in attack when the plane was landing.

With just a few weeks left to enter the 2016 Sony World Photography Awards, we present a selection of early submissions.

Water from the flood in 10 November 1985 has receded revealing a lost Argentinian spa town.

The 103-year-old telegram is expected to fetch about $40,000 at an auction.

Facial tattoos were once common among Berber women, but now it is considered a sin in Islam.

Devotees pierce both cheeks and thread skewers through the holes. Some go a bit further.

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

Smartphones, traffic jams, restaurants and taxis – North Korea's capital is showing signs of prosperity.

Activists protesting against redundancies at Air France stormed the HQ and attacked two managers.

More than 500 hot air balloons took to the skies for the annual Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta in New Mexico.

A 300-metre long glass bridge suspended over a canyon that is 180 metres deep in places.

In the former Soviet Union, bus stops were often an excuse for designers to try out their most outlandish ideas.

Photos of this year's Burning Man, a huge alternative festival in Nevada's Black Rock desert.

Steampunks show off their creative costumes at the Asylum Steampunk Festival in Lincoln.

The streets of Bunol run red as 20,000 people pelt each other with tomatoes in the 70th La Tomatina festival.