Revellers of Tom Maior samba school perform during the first night of carnival parade at the Sambadrome in Sao Paulo, Brazil, yesterday.
Revellers of Tom Maior samba school perform during the first night of carnival parade at the Sambadrome in Sao Paulo, Brazil, yesterday.
A slow shutter speed image displaying stars over Teide Mount’s snow-covered top reflected on a puddle in Ucanca Plains area, in Tenerife Island,...
This image shows an active region of the sun just rotating into the view of Nasa’s Solar Dynamics Observatory giving a profile view...
Jose Salvador Alvarenga is surrounded by his family upon arrival at his home in Garita Palmera, 118km west from San Salvador, El Salvador....
SYDNEY: The world’s only captive leopard seal, which washed up in Sydney with a shark bite to his abdomen seven years ago, has...
African migrants on the shore of Djibouti city at night, raising their phones in an attempt to capture an inexpensive signal from neighbouring...
A woman drags a sled carrying two children across First Avenue during a snowstorm in New York City yesterday.
Rob McGibbon with the diary of Olive Higgins from 1914 in his office in west London yesterday. PARIS: She’s a 16-year-old British girl...
Maria Julia Alvarenga, mother of castaway Jose Salvador Alvarenga, prepares to receive him at her house in Garita Palmera, 118km west of San...
A visitor photographs artist Phlegm’s installation The Bestiary at the Howard Griffin Gallery in London. LONDON: The artworks at a new gallery in...
People walk in a park during heavy snowfall in Tokyo yesterday. A winter snowstorm disrupted air travel, rail services and major highways in...
Philomena Lee and actor Steve Coogan smile as they pose following a news conference in Rome. ROME: Philomena Lee, whose long search for...
Jay Leno (fourth right) listens to Oprah Winfrey sing on his final night hosting “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” in Burbank, California....
Dancers and actors perform during the opening ceremony of the Sochi Winter Olympics at the Fisht Olympic Stadium yesterday.
A cross-country skier in Maloja, Switzerland, yesterday. In Maloja the snow level is at 2.38 metres and more snowfall is forecast for the...
LONDON: Dennis Aabo Sorensen lost his left hand when a firework rocket he was holding exploded during New Year’s Eve celebrations 10 years...
MAJURO: Pacific castaway Jose Salvador Alvarenga’s departure from the Marshall Islands was delayed yesterday for health reasons. The 37-year-old from El Salvador, who...
Two stallions fighting during a traditional Chinese New Year horse fighting competition for the Year of the Horse at the Miao Minority village...
