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Photos show how industrial pollution and human waste are killing India's sacred river Ganges

Photojournalist Danish Siddiqui follows the increasingly filthy river from its mountain source to the megacity of Kolkata.

Jul 11, 2017

By David Sim

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Northern Ireland: Loyalists prepare to mark the Eleventh Night by setting huge bonfires alight

The bonfires are often provocatively decorated with Catholic or Nationalist symbols such as posters of Sinn Fein politicians.

Jul 11, 2017

By David Sim

Travel pictures

Srebrenica massacre anniversary: Europe's worst atrocity since the Nazis

In July 1995, Bosnian Serb forces killed more than 8,000 Muslim men and boys in the Bosnian enclave of Srebrenica.

Jul 11, 2017

By David Sim

Conflict Pictures

Venezuela's 100 days of increasingly violent protests in 100 powerful photos

More than 90 people have been killed, hundreds arrested and thousands injured since the unrest began at the start of April.

Jul 10, 2017

By David Sim

Venezuela Politics Pictures

Regatta for boats made out of beer cans, held in (where else?) Australia

The 2017 Darwin Beer Can Regatta was won by a team of women representing the city's LGBT community.

Jul 10, 2017

By David Sim

Travel pictures

Photo report: 'Victory' over Isis in Mosul comes at a terrible cost

Iraqi forces repeatedly used coalition air strikes in Mosul, often to kill teams of just two or three Isis fighters armed with light weapons.

Jul 10, 2017

By David Sim

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Pictures of the week 1 to 7 July 2017: Seven days of the world's best photojournalism

A selection of photographs, covering topics from G20 summit and Venezuela protests, LGBT Pride, and the battle for Mosul.

Jul 7, 2017

By David Sim

Mosul Venezuela G20 London Conflict Pictures

In pictures: Aftermath of floods after London's annual rainfall was dumped on Japan in 48 hours

Parts of Fukuoka, on the southwestern island of Kyushu, were hit by 593mm (23 inches) of rain in 48 hours.

Jul 7, 2017

By David Sim

Weather Pictures

G20 summit 2017: Photos of 'Welcome to Hell' protests in Hamburg

20,000 police face up to 100,000 protesters, including an estimated 8,000 who police say are prepared to use violence.

Jul 7, 2017

By David Sim

Donald Trump Politics Pictures

Pamplona 2017 in pictures: Two Americans, one Spaniard gored in running of the bulls festival

A 46 year-old Spanish man was gored and tossed by a bull. Two men from the US were gored – one in the abdomen and one in the scrotum.

Jul 7, 2017

By David Sim

Spain Travel pictures

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In pictures: Anti-capitalists clash with police at G20 'Welcome to Hell' protests in Hamburg

Riot police fired water cannon and pepper spray at anti-capitalist demonstrators in Hamburg.

Jul 6, 2017

By James Tennent

G20

Pamplona's 2017 San Fermin bull running festival kicks off with huge wine-soaked party

The San Fermin festival kicked off with the traditional midday launching of a firework rocket — known as the Chupinazo — from Pamplona's town hall balcony.

Jul 6, 2017

By David Sim

Spain Travel pictures

In pictures: So-called Libyan National Army 'liberates' Benghazi after three-year campaign

Benghazi's streets are lined with destroyed buildings and littered with debris and the shells of rusting cars.

Jul 6, 2017

By David Sim

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Unprecedented rainfall causes havoc in southern Japan, as floods and landslides sweep homes away

Parts of Fukuoka prefecture on the southwestern island of Kyushu were hit by 774mm (30.5 inches) of rain in nine hours.

Jul 6, 2017

By David Sim

Weather Pictures

Welcome to Hell: A thousand zombies gather in Hamburg to protest against the G20 summit

Once assembled, the zombies began to dance and shake off their grey clay coverings to reveal colourful clothing or their naked bodies.

Jul 5, 2017

By David Sim

Wimbledon 2017 in pictures: The tennis, the atmosphere, the weather

All the best photos from the first few days at the world's most prestigious tennis grand slam event.

Jul 5, 2017

By David Sim

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Tour de France 2017: All the best photos from the world's biggest cycling race

IBTimes UK presents the best photos of the action and the spectators along the route of the world's biggest cycling event.

Jul 5, 2017

By David Sim

Starving, exhausted and traumatised, civilians flee Mosul's Old City, but thousands still trapped

Iraqi forces have found terrified families who had been hiding in their homes for weeks as fierce fighting raged around them.

Jul 4, 2017

By David Sim

Mosul Isis Iraq Islamic State Conflict Pictures

Massive floods inundate towns and cities in China after days of torrential rain

At least 56 people have been killed and another 22 reported missing after swollen rivers broke their banks.

Jul 4, 2017

By David Sim

Weather Pictures

Fears for thousands of residents trapped with Isis fighters in shrinking area of Mosul's Old City

Harrowing photos show terrified families escaping across piles of rubble, and Iraqi forces rescuing a little boy whose family had been killed in the fighting.

Jul 3, 2017

By David Sim

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