Now in its 18th year, the festival champions the Australian-made utility vehicle - commonly known as a ute.
'Reception and orientation centres' where refugees can apply for aslum will open but charities forecast they will try to get to the UK instead.
Help choose the best microscope images, from a centipede's fearsome poison fangs to dung-dwelling fungi.
Russian jets have resumed heavy bombing of rebel-held areas of Aleppo after several days of relative calm.
Some Orthodox Jews wave a live chicken over their heads, believing they will be purged of their sins.
Dussehra commemorates a battle in which Lord Rama defeated the 10-headed demon king Ravana in order to save his wife Sita.
Taking archive images, photographer Carl Court revisited the streets of Soho to show the changing face of this vibrant area.
The state received as much as 18 inches of rain over the weekend and in neighbouring South Carolina the clean up operation went on.
Students throw stones at private security guards and police detonate stun grenades in continuing row over fees.
Families and ativists were forced to disperse as they made their way to Ankara train station.
Major towns and cities across Ethiopia's Oromia region are experiencing unrest and widespread violent protests.
Shia Muslims are gathering for Ashura, which commemorates the death of the Prophet Muhammad's grandson Imam Hussein at the battle of Karbala.
Fans show off their costume design and make-up skills at the NYCC Eastern Championships of Cosplay.
Hurricane Matthew moved along a coast-hugging path to the US.
Cars could be seen drifting among the floodwaters, while emergency services made various rescue missions.
The death toll on Haiti has risen rapidly, mainly in villages making contact with the outside world days after the cyclone hit.
The storm ripped through the Caribbean country on 4 October and has destroyed thousands of homes.
Intensive care wards in hospitals are filled with emaciated and stunted children.
Smugglers took advantage of calm waters to launch vessels crowded with refugees who pay them in the hope of reaching Europe.
It is estimated that over 100,000 men and women were executed and buried in unmarked graves during the Spanish Civil War.
At least 11 deaths have been blamed on the fiercest Caribbean storm in almost a decade.
IBTimes UK presents some of the breathtaking images taken by photographer Tom Roe during his journey.
Located in southern Siberia, Lake Baikal is so large it is often mistaken for the sea.
South African police fired stun grenades, rubber bullets and tear gas at rock-throwing students.
Nish Nalbandian's book, A Whole World Blind, depicts fighters on the front line, as well as everyday people eking out a living amid the ruins.
Jeroen Oerlemans is the third journalist to be killed in Libya this year.
The island of Foula is home to huge colonies of seabirds, hundreds of Shetland ponies and about 30 people.
The new proposal would make all abortions illegal, even in cases of rape or when the woman's life is at risk.
The most dangerous job – climbing to the pinnacle of the tower before the whole thing collapses – is done by a girl as young as five.
Those taking part, show their religious devotion through ritualistic and self-mutilating trials.