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People in China sleep in Ikea to escape the heat, zombies haunt the streets of ...

Slovak President Andrej Kiska loses chess to a 10-year-old; garbage is melting on the sidewalks ...

Drug rehabilitation is forced upon Chinese inmates, camels are the latest victims of the crisis ...

Landslides hit Bangladesh; protesters are detained in Moscow; and Ebola strikes again in the Democratic ...

Refugees attend a job fair in Berlin; Ukrainian activists demonstrate against disease fatalities; and Iraqis ...

Images from the front lines of Africa's battle with climate change.

As urbanization spreads, pollution threatens a precious natural resource at the outer edge of the ...

A truck bomb brings carnage to the streets of Kabul; Bangladeshis seek shelter during a ...

Migrants drown off the coast of Italy; President Donald Trump makes his first visit abroad; ...

Greece protests new austerity measures; Iranian voters head to the polls; and the Cannes Film ...

People in Crimea and Latvia commemorate the end of World War II, Iraqis continue fleeing ...

One Beiruti photographer went looking for America’s heart in 24 towns named for his homeland. ...

People protest on International Workers' Day; U.S. House Republicans repeal ObamaCare; and French presidential candidates debate before ...

France held its first round of presidential elections; Nigerians freed from Boko Haram returned to their villages; ...

France gears up for presidential elections; Turkey reacts to a constitutional referendum; and Kendrick Lamar ...

Bangkok's bustling, roadside food stands are legendary. But with Thai government's new decree to shut ...

The United States strikes Syria; Colombia mourns after a devastating landslide; and Moscow recovers from ...

Anti-corruption protesters are detained in Russia; Britain formalizes its intention to leave the EU; and Nigerian ...

Britain mourns a terrorist attack, floods damage Peruvian neighborhoods, and people celebrate the first day of ...

Damascus mourns after multiple suicide bombings leave dozens of people dead; countries around the world ...

Indians prepare for Holi festivities, Egypt makes a new archeological discovery, and people around the world ...

People celebrate Carnival around the world; Paris dresses up for Fashion Week; and President Donald ...

Migrants risk their lives to cross from Libya to Italy; the relentless battle for Mosul ...

Pakistan reels after multiple bombings; Parisians protest against police brutality; and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin ...

People in China celebrate the end of Lunar New Year festivities; Romanians protest corruption; and ...

Afghan women practice martial arts; Ukrainian residents experience intensified shelling from Russian-backed separatists; and Romanian ...

China celebrated its Lunar New Year this past weekend with fireworks, bright fabrics, and fanfare ...

Thousands of people march in protest against U.S. President Donald Trump; a Japanese man becomes ...

A historic high-rise collapses in Tehran; people in Kyrgyzstan celebrate the Epiphany with a dunk ...

Iran mourns former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani; President Barack Obama gives his farewell address; and ...

French President François Hollande visits Iraq; Malaysia suffers from heavy flooding; and Turkey mourns the ...

Looking back on the most arresting images of 2016.

Syrian civilians evacuate rebel-held Aleppo; a massive explosion rocks Mexico’s biggest fireworks markets; and people around ...

Twenty-five years ago, the Soviet Union dissolved before our eyes. Here’s a look back at ...

Recife, Brazil, was called the epicenter of the Zika virus outbreak. Now, doctors and parents there must learn ...

As the pillars of societies faltered, these individuals bore the weight of progress on their ...

Turkey reels after a deadly bombing targets Istanbul police officers; The Ivory Coast gets ready ...

Protecting the bottom line doesn’t mean you can’t do the right thing. These Global Thinkers ...

These Global Thinkers stood in solidarity with some of the world’s most vulnerable populations, from ...

From rap to filmmaking to sculpture, these Global Thinkers are bound by the belief that ...

What if specially engineered shoes could fend off mosquitoes or a tractor-sharing App could put ...

No belief was too deep-seated, no institution too entrenched, and no cause too daunting for ...

From welcoming refugees with swift decisiveness to plowing through political roadblocks, these leaders rejected hand-wringing ...

Civilians evacuate Aleppo under the eyes of Syrian government forces; Indonesians reel from a 6.5-magnitued ...

Cubans mourn the death of Fidel Castro; Brazilians mourn the death of Chapecoense Real players; and ...

Dancers in Brazil practice for Carnaval; Colombians celebrate a revised peace deal; and civilian paramilitaries patrol the ...

Iraqis return to cities recently liberated from the Islamic State; Americans react to a Trump ...

From Kenya to Iraq, people around the world are waiting to see whether Donald Trump ...

Around the world people celebrate Halloween and Day of the Dead; Turkey's Kurds reel from ...

Iraqi forces continue the battle to free Mosul from the Islamic State; migrants are forced ...

Climate change is destroying thousands of miles of West Africa's coastline. It's only a matter ...

Iraqi soldiers fight to take Mosul from the Islamic State; Hurricane victims in Haiti wait ...

The Golden Division is one of the Iraqi Army's elite units — famed across the ...

Meet the group of profane and iconoclastic men redefining punk for China's working class.

Welcome to the nationalist Azov Battalion's camp for kids, where young Ukrainian patriots train for ...

Muslims celebrate Ashura around the world; Venezuelan opposition leaders demonstrate; and Indians participate in Durga Puja ...

Hurricane Matthew wreaks destruction in the Caribbean and heads toward Florida; thousands protest a draconian ...

The first major storm in years thrashes the U.S. coast after ripping through the Caribbean and leaving ...

Israelis pay final respects to former Prime Minister Shimon Peres; Salvadorans rally for abortion rights; and protesters ...

Colombia's FARC guerillas prepare to vote on a historic peace deal; Schoolchildren march for peace in ...

Muslims around the world mark Eid al-Adha; U.S. President Barack Obama meets with Aung San Suu Kyi, ...

Artists sculpt idols for the Durga Puja festival in India; Protestors demand a referendum to ...

Behind bars, a vibrant community of barber shops, DJs, and churches thrives. But the gangs ...

Gabon's contested election sparks protests; revellers slip and slide in tomato pulp at the Tomatina festival in Spain; ...

A column of Turkish tanks rolls into Syria; an accused Islamic State member walks into a ...

Twenty miles off the Libyan coast, a scrappy band of volunteers is saving thousands of ...

Usain Bolt wins the men's 200 meter race at the Rio Olympics; Indonesian men clamber up ...

The Olympics kick off in Rio de Janeiro; a bomb blast kills dozens of lawyers ...

It’s a country often billed as the sole success story of the Arab Spring. But ...

Brazilian dancers perform ahead of the Olympic torch relay; Syrian rebels fire rocket-propelled grenades at ...

On the streets of Cleveland, armed protesters, police, and skeptical Clevelanders gather outside the Republican ...

Bernie Sanders supporters and the Pro-Hillary camp struggle to unite outside the Democratic National Convention ...

Athletes ready for Ironman Zurich; al-Shabab militants bomb the U.N.'s office in Mogadishu; and dune ...

Chinese tourists eat spicy peppers while sitting in ice buckets, Saudis play Pokémon Go, and French ...

Amid chaos and conflicting reports, images from the ground in Turkey.

Forensic specialists inspect the truck that killed 84 people in Nice, France; children play in an ...

From card battles in Tokyo to Pokémon Go in Gaza City, scenes of a global ...

Protestors block traffic after the police shooting of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Muslims ...

Palestinians climb the separation wall to attend Friday prayers; flamingo chicks emerge en masse from ...

A Russian plane drops phosphorus bombs on a Syrian village; Indonesian schoolchildren play soccer with ...

French riot police draw weapons on soccer hooligans; Disney opens a new resort in Shanghai; ...

Iraqi forces fire rockets at the Islamic State, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shoots ...

Brits tumble down a grassy hill in pursuit of a cheese wheel; Iraqi forces close ...

A ship carrying migrants capsizes in the Mediterranean; Hezbollah holds a rally commemorating the liberation of ...

Yakuza gang members show off their tattoos; Sri Lankans lose their homes to massive mudslides; ...

Boris Johnson campaigns for Brexit; Venezuelan opposition protesters confront police; and Palestinians wait for the Rafah ...

A wildfire forces thousands to flee in Canada; Jordanian border guards pat down Syrian refugees; ...

Syrian refugees attempt to cross the Greek-Macedonian border; American neo-Nazis burn a swastika in Georgia; and ...

Ecuador slowly recovers from a devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake; U.N. peacekeepers prepare to leave the ...

Marathoners race in the Saharan desert; Syrians displaced by the Islamic State return to their ...

Sparkle fish glow in a Chinese bay; Thai boys put on makeup for a rite of passage; ...

Nigerian soldiers raid a Boko Haram training camp; Syrian children ride a rollercoaster in Istanbul; and ...

Indians celebrate the coming of spring with an explosion of color; Spaniards participate in the 'dance ...

Still reeling from Tuesday's attack, Belgians mourn the dead, stand together in solidarity, and continue ...

Chinese kung fu masters train in the mountains of Henan province; Brazilian skateboarders protest against ...

Dutch police train an eagle to grab drones midair; a total solar eclipse falls over ...

Kurdish militants make dinner; Indonesian men protest homosexuality; and Palestinian boys play soccer.

South Koreans get married at a mass wedding ceremony; torrential rains flood parts of Indonesia; and ...

The city's hundreds of thousands of domestic helpers have few protections and often endure brutal ...

Russia plays Iran in volleyball on the Iranian island of Kish; airstrikes devastate rebel-held neighborhoods ...