The bushfires have now destroyed an area the size of Ireland.
The blazes have claimed 18 lives and forced mass evacuations.
The man who fatally shot newlywed Lindita Musai and her husband, before trying to kill himself, is reported to be the Lindita's father.
A farmer in New South Wales was left shattered when he had to euthanise some of his cattle after they were horribly burnt by the bushfire still raging in parts of Australia.
One of the world's biggest New Year festivals took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with an estimated three million revelers.
Australia's largest city usually puts on a dazzling display of pyrotechnics over the glittering harbour.
Zara and Mike Tindall are heading to Australia in January.
As part of the British Airways Magic campaign, the company flew a cancer survivor and her family to attend her uncle's wedding in Australia.
Tourism Australia said the Aus$15 million ($10 million) campaign was its largest investment in the British market for more than a decade.
Twelve people were treated for minor injuries, with five taken to hospital.
Fires are burning almost the entire length of Australia's east coast.
Bushfires have devastated koala habitats and breeding populations to the extent where researchers believe that the species can be termed as "functionally extinct".
A so-called "Koala Ark" would be built for recovering koalas.
Abandoned dog with a rough past is now a part of the animal rescue team looking for koalas and wallabies which have survived bushfires in Australia.
For the first time, Australia's largest city and the surrounding area faced the highest level of fire warning.
Hundreds of koala bears perished in Australia due to bushfires.
While snorkelling off Australia's Whitsunday coast, two British men were attacked by a shark.
A permanent ban on scaling Uluru -- also known as Ayers Rock -- comes into place Saturday.
Steve Irwin's family has fulfilled his wish of opening an elephant hospital in Indonesia to help conserve endangered Sumatran elephants.
Incumbent Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull was forced to hold the leadership ballot. He did not contest and later confirmed his intention to quit politics.
The Commonwealth Bank, Australia's largest bank, admitted one of its advisers charged a dead client service fees for a decade.
A one-year-old baby girl has died after her family pet dog attacked and killed her on 3 March. Ambulance crews worked on her but she died on the way to hospital.