Students clash with riot police in several cities across France in the latest round of protests against the government's labour reforms.
Residents flee Hit after Iraqi forces launch an operation to retake it from Isis (Daesh) fighters.
Anger mounts over PM's wife owning tax haven-based company with large claims on Iceland's collapsed banks.
The cherry tree, or Sakura, is celebrated with outdoor parties known as Hanami.
The ivory that has been secured is being held in a stock room in Nairobi, and will be torched on 30 April.
An IBTimes UK picture gallery, looks at the 10 poorest countries in the world.
An IBTimes UK picture gallery, looking at the 10 richest countries in the world.
People visit ancestors' graves and leave them food and paper money to mark Qingming Festival, or Tomb Sweeping Day.
First group of refugees and migrants sent back to Turkey as part of a controversial EU plan to limit migration to Europe.
Those who live close to rivers have been advised to leave their homes and move to safer places.
Giant rats have been trained to sniff out explosives in Africa, and they are now also being used in Cambodia.
In conjunction with the Nuclear Security Summit, these are the nine countries that now have nuclear weapons.
Photos of filthy accommodation for workers, as well as the much-improved facilities in Qatar's new Labour City.
Rousseff of the Workers' Party may be removed from power if lower house of Congress approves her impeachment.
Hadid has died at the age of 65 in Miami, after a heart attack.
The tower opened on 31 March 1889, in time for the Exposition Universelle, of which the Eiffel Tower was the entrance.
Australia is the favourite destination for millionaires, with Sydney, Melbourne and Perth all seeing an inflow of the super-wealthy.
More than 100 people feared trapped after a flyover that was under construction collapsed on moving traffic.
Baifu Pet Cemetery holds over three thousand graves of pets including dogs, cats, chickens and even chinchillas
Students and workers held street protests across France against the government's proposed labour reforms.
Thousands of people have fled city of Mosul, occupied by Islamic State since 2014.
There are just two weeks left to enter the Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2016 competition.
Child labour now more common in Gaza as minors become the breadwinners of their family
Tata Steel's sale of UK operations would directly impact Port Talbot in Wales, home to Britain's largest steelworks.
Flight engineer Tim Peake is spending six months on ISS with US and Russian crew members.
Lego has teamed up to create 18 minifigures including Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Alice and Maleficent.
An estimated 20,000 people with conditions such as schizophrenia are shackled and kept in filthy conditions,
Photographer Colin Garrett has shared his unique series of photographs of scarecrows that he took during his travels in the 1980s.
Nearly 30 years after the world's worst nuclear accident a huge structure designed to contain radiation is nearing completion.
Photographer Will Burrard-Lucas has published a new book on the places every wildlife enthusiast should visit.