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Taiwan earthquake photos: Firefighters rescue people from buildings leaning at precarious angles

Photos show buildings in Hualien leaning at sharp angles, their lowest floors crushed into mangled heaps of concrete, shattered glass and bent iron beams.

Feb 7, 2018

By David Sim

Science pictures Travel pictures

Poland's Holocaust bill: The 'Polish death camps' controversy explained

Poland's president says he will sign a bill outlawing suggestions the Polish nation or state was complicit in Nazi crimes.

Feb 6, 2018

By David Sim

Poland History Pictures

Photos of Japanese military helicopter crash site show how fortunate young girl was to escape house

An 11-year-old girl was the only one person at home when the helicopter crashed into her house. She managed to escape with only a minor knee injury,

Feb 6, 2018

By David Sim

Travel pictures

Indonesia floods in pictures: Deadly landslides in Jakarta and West Java after torrential rains

Torrential rains have caused havoc in Jakarta and neighbouring West Java, as flooding and landslides have killed at least five people.

Feb 6, 2018

By David Sim

Weather Pictures

Inside an eerie, abandoned ski resort near the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) in South Korea

The Alps Ski Resort was one of South Korea's first winter sports destinations, attracting tens of thousands of skiers every year, until it abruptly shut in 2006.

Feb 5, 2018

By David Sim

South Korea North Korea Travel pictures

China's Lunar New Year: Chaotic scenes as hundreds of millions of people travel home for holiday

The world's largest annual migration is underway as hundreds of millions of Chinese people head back home to celebrate the Lunar New Year with their families.

Feb 5, 2018

By David Sim

Travel pictures

Venice Carnival 2018 photos: Best costumes and masks at this year's Carnevale di Venezia

IBTimes UK presents a gallery featuring the best photos of the most creative costumes and masks at this year's Venice Carnival.

Feb 5, 2018

By David Sim

Travel pictures

Snow of the Century: Moscow blanketed in white after heaviest snowfall since records began

An average month's amount of snow fell on Moscow over the weekend, with the depth of the snow reaching 62 centimetres (24.5 inches) in some parts.

Feb 5, 2018

By David Sim

Weather Pictures Russia

The Graphic City: A photography competition judged by Artificial Intelligence

IBTimes UK teams up with EyeEm for a photography competition focusing on the clean lines, shapes and compositions of minimalist architecture across the globe.

Feb 1, 2018

By David Sim

Photography Competition Pictures Artificial Intelligence

Surreal scenes as Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga swears himself in as the people's president

Opposition leader Raila Odinga swore himself in as "the people's president" during a mock inauguration ceremony in front of a huge crowd of tens of thousands in Nairobi.

Jan 30, 2018

By David Sim

Kenya Politics Pictures

The Spheres: Amazon's rainforest space may look cool, but wouldn't you rather work in an office?

Amazon says its "employees can work in an environment that's more like a tropical rainforest in the clouds than an office." Like that's a good thing.

Jan 30, 2018

By David Sim

Travel pictures

Day Zero is approaching, when Cape Town may become first global city to run out of water

Cape Town is in the grips of a drought so severe that it is projected to run out of water on 12 April, becoming the world's first major city to run dry

Jan 29, 2018

By David Sim

Science pictures

In pictures: At Venice Carnival 2018, you're free to be what you want to be

Venice carnival costumes are changing. It's not just fabulous ballgowns for the ladies and black cloaks for the men. Why should the ladies have all the fun?

Jan 29, 2018

By David Sim

Travel pictures

Pictures of the week: The best news, sport, weather and animal photos, from 20 to 26 January 2018

It was a really good week for photos, thanks to the Australian Open, the Mayon volcano and cold and wet weather around the world.

Jan 26, 2018

By David Sim

Weather Pictures Travel pictures Animal and Wildlife Pictures

Holocaust Remembrance Day: Auschwitz concentration and extermination camp [Graphic images]

Set up in 1940, Auschwitz became the centrepiece of Nazi Party dictator Adolf Hitler's "final solution" plan to exterminate the Jews.

Jan 26, 2018

By David Sim

History Pictures

Hundreds of chefs from around the world, all in chef whites, attend Paul Bocuse's funeral in Lyon

Legendary French chef Paul Bocuse, often referred to as the "Pope of French cuisine", died aged 91 on 20 January.

Jan 26, 2018

By David Sim

Australia day? Invasion Day rallies mark start of white colonisation

Invasion Day rallies to protest against Australia Day, the celebration of the start of white colonisation and persecution of Aboriginal Australians 230 years ago.

Jan 26, 2018

By David Sim

Travel pictures

International Holocaust Remembrance Day exhibition: Photography during the Holocaust

A powerful new exhibition at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem explores the power of photography during World War II.

Jan 25, 2018

By David Sim

History Pictures

Before-and-after photos of floods in Paris as River Seine continues to rise

Rivers across France keep getting more and more swollen as more and more rain falls on the country,.

Jan 25, 2018

By David Sim

Weather Pictures Travel pictures

In pictures: A safe space for Rohingya women at a Bangladesh refugee camp

The so-called "widow's camp" at Balukhali Rohingya refugee settlement consists of 50 red tents where no men or boys over the age of 10 years old are allowed.

Jan 24, 2018

By David Sim

Rohingya Muslims Migration Pictures Human rights

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