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"We take care of the elephants, and the elephants are taking care of us," says Rimland Lemojong, a Samburu warrior turned elephant caretaker.

Mancunians say their city, although united, is still coming to terms with its grief after a suicide bomber struck the Ariana Grande concert.

After visits to Saudi Arabia, Israel and the Palestinian Territories, Trump met Pope Francis in Rome and then met EU and Nato leaders in Brussels.

For followers of central Africa's Kimbanguist church, yesterday (25 May) was Christmas Day.

Attacks in Indonesia and the Philippines this week point to the rise of Isis-affiliated groups networks across the region.

Some 57 people have been killed in two months of protests against Nicolas Maduro's government.

Militants are using Christians and a priest as human shields and have threatened to execute captives.

Home Secretary Amber Rudd said people can expect to see soldiers helping law enforcement at railway stations and government buildings.

Taiwan is the first government to legalise such unions in Asia, where socially conservative attitudes largely hold sway.

The city's Muslim, Christian, Jewish and Sikh communities said they wanted to show that Manchester, while shocked, would not be cowed.

Sir Roger Moore, the suave star of seven Bond films, has died in Switzerland after a short battle with cancer.

Trump's motorcade passed through streets lined with heavily armed security forces and an opening in Israel's towering separation barrier.

Hundreds of people watched the punishment ordered by a court in the only part of Indonesia that criminalises same-sex relations and uses Islamic law as its legal code.

At least 22 people were killed and 59 wounded when a suicide bomber struck at a concert in Manchester.

At the very least, there will be an escalation of the violent protests in support of the Palestinian prisoners' hunger strike.

Jerusalem then and now. Move your mouse/finger over each image to switch between 1967 and 50th anniversary of Six Day War.

To some, Trump is "a hero" and "a brother", to others "an idiot with no policy but terrorising" and "a man who spreads war, chaos and killing among people".

Critics have accused NGOs that rescue people in the Mediterranean of acting as a "ferry service" that encourages smugglers.

Twin Peaks isn't a real town but many of the show's locations can be found between Fall City and North Bend, off highway 90 east of Seattle, Washington state.

The 70th Cannes Film Festival has opened, with high-wattage stars such as Jessica Chastain, Will Smith and Marion Cotillard lighting up the red carpet.

Trapped in a shrinking area of control in the city, Isis militants use the several hundred thousand trapped civilians as human shields.

In some areas of Colombia, water levels were waist deep and some residents had to resort to travelling along streets on their canoes.

The Warao people live in derelict buildings and tent camps and are forced to make a living by begging from passing motorists.

From rocky coastlines to lush woodlands, Britain's remarkable landscape and volatile weather provides generous material to fire the imagination.

Some 2,800 athletes from 56 countries are competing for more than 1,000 medals across 20 sports over 10 days.

Hospital corridors are lined with sick children and elderly patients, as there aren't enough beds to accommodate them

The most powerful photos of Assad's relentless campaign to crush the rebels in Damascus through sheer firepower, with air strikes, missiles and reported chemical attacks.

Environmentalists believe the reef, more 1,000 kilometres long and dotted with brightly coloured coral, may be home to new marine species.

The US-backed coalition is now trying to encircle the militants, trapping them in the Old City.