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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.

In pictures: The latest SUVs, electric cars, hybrid cars, supercars and hypercars, as well as weird and wacky concept vehicles.

These photos of daily in life in Pyongyang are remarkable for just how unremarkable everything seems – on the surface.

Patients often travel hundreds of miles to city hospitals, creating a wave of cancer 'refugees' often living on a shoestring.

Both countries claim Kashmir as their own, with each governing separate areas of the state.

A commuter train crashed into Hoboken railway station in New Jersey during the morning rush hour.

Powered by a 6,262cc V12 engine with a 120kW electric motor, it goes from 0 to 100km/h in under three seconds.

At least 27 people are missing after rain-saturated hillsides collapsed onto Sucun village in China's Zhejiang province.

Striking pictures show devastating impact of climate change on reef systems around the Japanese islands.

Award-winning photos of daredevils hanging off cliffs, surfing huge waves, slacklining on icebergs and more.

Polar bears are a protected species and shooting them is allowed only for self-defence and as a last resort.

A CalFire spokesman said this kind of 'extreme' fire behaviour is the 'new norm'.

Peres, who shared the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize, was one of the country's most-admired leaders.