Tolkien fans gather in a forest in Middle Europe to recreate the Battle of the Five Armies.
Aftermath photos of mass bleaching event show slime-covered coral skeletons at Lizard Island.
Muslims around the world are marking the start of the Islamic holy fasting month of Ramadan.
Power out and residents flee as seven inches of rain falls in 24 hours.
To celebrate World Environment Day, IBTimes UK shares 25 gorgeous images taken by GoPro users around the world.
A look back at the life and career of Muhammad Ali, probably the greatest boxer of all time.
The River Seine burst its banks earlier in the week and has since reached a record height of 8.6 metres - the highest it has been in nearly 35 years.
This year's World Environment Day focuses on the illegal trade in wildlife.
The militant group uses tunnels to approach, appear and escape the front line, in order to reduce their casualties.
The rally saw Donald Trump delighting his supporters, vowing to build a wall along the US border and have Mexico pay for it.
One gram of coca paste is worth about 2,000 Colombian pesos (about 45p or $0.64).
The world's biggest gathering of its kind, the Cumbria-based fair is expected to attract about 5,000 travellers and thousands of visitors.
The caterpillar fungus germinates in living moth larvae, killing and mummifying them, then growing out of its head.
The al-Qaeda-affiliated militant group remains a threat to Somalia and neighbouring Kenya and Uganda.
Flooding caused by heavy rain has devastated the towns of Triftern and Simbach am Inn.
Emergency services were called out 4,500 times to assist with evacuations on 30 and 31 May 2016.
At 35.5 miles long, the Swiss railway line will speed passengers and cargo by rail under the mountain chain that divides Europe's north and south.
Her father was imprisoned for corruption and human rights abuses making her ties with him an issue for voters.
Global coral bleaching event photographed spreading westwards from Australia to Indian Ocean.
The cubs and body parts may have been destined for use in Chinese medicine.
Princess Anne, Nicole Sturgeon and David Cameron were among those paying their respects.
Residents of town in south-eastern Turkey returned after partial lifting of curfew to find utter chaos.
Fallujah was first Iraq city to fall under IS control in 2014 and has been besieged for more than six months.
Syrians living in Turkey talk about the horrors of life in Syria and their hatred of Islamic State, aka Daesh.
Iraqi troops have launched a final attack to recapture the city which fell to Isis in January 2014.
People of Braunsbach in south-western Germany have begun to remove rubble and mud from streets and homes.
Protests lead by CGT bring workers and students together in a bid to make their voices heard.
The tenth annual Take a View Landscape Photographer of the Year Award is open for entry until 10 July.
Identical triplets Liina, Leila and Lily Luik will all compete in the women's marathon at the Rio 2016 Olympics.
Obama has become the first sitting US president to visit Hiroshima 71 years after the world's first atomic bomb was dropped on the city by US military.