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Photos: Vanuatu's Manaro Voui volcano eruption forces total evacuation of Ambae island

Vanuatu, home to about 260,000 people, is made up of about 65 islands on the geologically active Pacific Ring of Fire.

Sep 28, 2017

By David Sim

Volcano Science pictures Travel pictures

First look at burnt Rohingya Muslim villages in Rakhine state, Myanmar

Reporters have finally been allowed to venture into Myanmar's northern Rakhine state, formerly home to hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who have fled into Bangladesh.

Sep 28, 2017

By David Sim

Rohingya Muslims Conflict Pictures

Photos of 'final stages' in battle for Raqqa as noose tightens on Isis

Syrian Democratic Forces have seized 80 to 90 percent of the city and have hemmed the jihadists into a few districts in the north of the city.

Sep 27, 2017

By David Sim

Syria Islamic State Isis Conflict Pictures

Spectacular shots: National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year

Photos can be submitted in any or all of four categories: Wildlife, Landscapes, Underwater and Aerials, and there's £7,500 for the winner.

Sep 27, 2017

By David Sim

Photography Competition Pictures Animal and Wildlife Pictures

Sican human sacrifice skeletons grave Peru

Pre-Incan grave with skeletons of 1,000-year-old human sacrifices found in Peru

Archaeologists found the remains of nine men, all between the ages of 25 and 30, who were sacrificed as part of a Sican ritual.

Sep 27, 2017

By David Sim

Science pictures

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Another Rwanda: Nearly half a million Rohingya Muslims have fled Myanmar in four weeks

The number of refugees arriving in Bangladesh since 25 August has been estimated at 480,000 – 60% of them children.

Sep 26, 2017

By David Sim

Rohingya Muslims Conflict Pictures

Mount Agung photos: Tens of thousands flee Bali volcano 'about to erupt'

Bali is being shaken daily by hundreds of tremors from the mountain, which volcanologists say indicates a high chance of an eruption.

Sep 26, 2017

By David Sim

Science pictures

See inspiring early entries in the 2018 Sony World Photography Awards

The 2018 Sony World Photography Awards, one of the world's leading photography competitions, are now open for entries.

Sep 26, 2017

By David Sim

Photography Competition Pictures

Puerto Rico 'set back decades' by Hurricane Maria and a weakened dam may fail at any moment

The storm-battered US island territory has struggled through days with virtually no electricity, and more misery could be on the way thanks to a dam that might fail at any moment.

Sep 25, 2017

By David Sim

Hurricane Irma Science pictures

Rohingya Muslim children's drawings depict horrific acts of ethnic cleansing by Myanmar military

Young Rohingya refugees' drawings are filled with traumatic scenes such as people being shot or burned alive by the military.

Sep 25, 2017

By David Sim

Rohingya Muslims Conflict Pictures

Taking a Knee: NFL, NBA, MLB and entertainment stars take a stand against racism and Trump

At least 200 NFL players knelt, sat, prayed or raised a clenched fist during the Star Spangled Banner. Three teams didn't even take the field until the national anthem was over.

Sep 25, 2017

By David Sim

Donald Trump Black Lives Matter

One week to cross a street: How Isis-backed fighters pinned down Philippines' military in Marawi

The fighting in Marawi is so intense that it took soldiers a whole week just to cross one street in the embattled city.

Sep 25, 2017

By David Sim

Philippines Islamic State Isis Conflict Pictures

Pictures of the week 16 to 22 September 2017: Seven days of the world's best photojournalism

The week's best photos, from the Rohingya refugee crisis and Mexico City earthquake, to Hurricane Maria, Catalonia independence and St Louis protests.

Sep 22, 2017

By David Sim

Hurricane Irma Rohingya Muslims

Photos: Hurricane Maria lashes Puerto Rico, leaving island without power 'for weeks or months'

Hurricane Maria slammed into Puerto Rico as the strongest storm to hit the US territory in nearly 90 years, even stronger than Irma.

Sep 21, 2017

By David Sim

Hurricane Irma

Huge crowds gather in Barcelona as Spanish police raid Catalonia government offices

Spain has cancelled all time off for police in Catalonia as tensions rise ahead of a planned referendum on the region's independence.

Sep 20, 2017

By David Sim

Politics Pictures

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In pictures: South Africa's Boxing Grannies pack quite a punch

The Boxing Gogos (Boxing Grannies) don their gloves for twice-weekly training sessions at the A Team Gym in Cosmo City in Johannesburg.

Sep 20, 2017

By David Sim

South Africa

Mexico City earthquake: Parents and rescuers search for children in rubble of collapsed school

Desperate parents join police, firefighters and volunteers as they work through the night in a frantic search for dozens of young children feared buried under a Mexico City school.

Sep 20, 2017

By David Sim

Science pictures

These heartbreaking photos show the living hell faced by Rohingya women and child refugees

A family with a tiny baby living in a concrete pipe, and another family burying a 70-year-old woman who died just days after they'd carried her all the way from Myanmar.

Sep 19, 2017

By David Sim

Rohingya Muslims Conflict Pictures