TRAVEL

Ezra Shaw goes in search of the secret to Cuba's phenomenal Olympic boxing success, and discovers real dedication and warmth.

Islamic State militants have seized part of Palmyra, home to a world famous archaeological site.

Kevin Frayer photographs a steam train where your fellow passengers may include poultry and pigs.

Up to 300 people, many of them foreigners, are believed to have been buried by an avalanche in Langtang.

Calbuco volcano erupts, with lightning crackling in a dark sky turned reddish orange by the explosion.

The Hotel Gracery Shinjuku in Tokyo offers Godzilla-themed rooms and others with a view of the giant lizard.

Reuters photojournalist Lucy Nicholson flew over southern California to see the effects of the historic drought.

It's not exactly a muddy field in Glastonbury – more Keeping Up With The Kardashians.

The Poy Sang Long festival is a rite of passage held every year among the Tai Yai people of Myanmar and Thailand.

Christians around the world marked Palm Sunday, the day the Bible says Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey.

In this gallery, IBTimesUK looks at sinkholes and craters that have opened up around the world.

Thousands of people queue for hours to see King Richard III's coffin in Leicester cathedral.

Would you walk along this footpath suspended high above a dizzying gorge?

In the remote Japanese village of Nagoro, the young have been replaced by scarecrows.

Havana's annual cigar festival attracts aficionados from all over the world.

Once a year, the elegant seaside Greek town of Galaxidi explodes into chaotic childishness.

Youssef Boudlal documents the lives of Berber people in the High Atlas mountains of Morocco.

A snow storm in Istanbul grounds planes, halts traffic, and forces closure of Bosphorus Strait.

Racial pride and the fight against racism in Brazil were the themes of Rio de Janeiro's Carnival.

Fourteen women wearing huge, elaborate costumes battle it out to become carnival queen in Tenerife.

A table-topped mountain that inspired Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World is attracting tourists.

The Amazon Tall Tower Observatory is 325m high, making it taller than the Eiffel Tower.

Passengers have been waiting up to five hours after a technical fault lead to a reduced services at UK airports.

A technical problem with air traffic control systems has caused flight cancellations and delays across UK and Ireland.

Condé Nast Traveler 26th annual Readers Choice Awards has listed top 25 cities in the world to visit in 2013.

Cath Everett faces prospect of move from beautiful Stellenbosch to urban jungle of Johannesburg - and it's not overly appealing.

The 180th edition of Oktoberfest ended over the weekend.

Son Doong Cave in Vietnam, the world's largest cave with underground forest and river, has been opened for tours.

Oktoberfest 2013, currently in its 180th edition, opened its doors to beer drinkers on 21 September in Munich, Germany.