Burundi has been rated the world's least happy country to live in, along with nine other sub-Saharan African countries and Syria, Afghanistan and Yemen.
If you want to be happy, move to a cold European country. That seems to be the message sent out by the 2016 World Happiness Report.
The UN drugs agency estimates that Southeast Asia's trade in heroin and methamphetamine is worth £22 billion.
Judges have chosen the best photos from 60 countries. Which is your favourite?
The Al Zaatari refugee camp has seen nearly 80 newborns a week since its establishment in 2012.
As Russia withdraws most of its troops from Syria, we look back at one of the most savage civil wars in recent history.
Hundreds of refugees and migrants who had been stranded in northern Greece are crossing into neighbouring Macedonia.
The conflict has affected more than 80 percent of Syria's children, including 7 million who now live in poverty
Thousands stranded on Greek-Macedonia border face weather misery as fields become huge puddles.
Millions of Brazilians flooded the streets of cities around the country in the biggest ever protests calling for President Dilma Rousseff's resignation.
Hundreds have drowned trying to make it across the narrow stretch of the Aegean separating the island from Turkey.
Scientists hope they will find traces of life – past or present – on the red planet.
Billionaire businessman often pauses to scold protesters before asking security officers to take them away.
From diving equipment and cameras, to understanding light underwater, this book provides all you need before you take the plunge.
On 3 March 2011, a massive earthquake hit northern Japan, triggering a tsunami that killed nearly 20,000 people and sparked a nuclear disaster.
Launched in 1959 by entrepreneur and inventor Ruth Handler, Barbie became one of the most iconic children's dolls of the 20th century.
Almost 22,000 dogs are heading to Birmingham to compete at Crufts 2016, the 125th anniversary of the world's biggest canine show.
A museum in the French capital is staging a huge exhibition paying tribute to an American style icon who has been at the forefront of fashion for nearly six decades: Barbie.
IBTimes UK met dozens of Ugandan demonstrators calling on UK to reject Museveni's poll victory.
In this IBTimes UK gallery, AFP photographer Fred Dufour peers behind the curtain into the shadowy world of Chinese politics.
The cute bundle of white fluff followed her mother Valeska out of their cave at the Bremerhaven Zoo.
More than 250,000 photographs were found after the tragedy and were displayed at collection centres for owners to recover.
The rare astronomical phenomenon was witnessed along a narrow path that stretched across 12 Indonesian provinces.
EU-Turkey migrant deal won't deter 13,000 refugees stranded on the Greece-Macedonia border.
Women's Day recognises everything from women's suffrage to representation in politics and equal parenting.
At 2.46pm on 11 March 2011, Japan was struck by an earthquake with a magnitude of 9.0 – the biggest in the nation's recorded history and one of the five most powerful recorded ever around the world.
Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race 2016 features 85 mushers and teams each made up of 16 dogs
Shiva is celebrated on the 13th night and the 14th days of the Hindu calendar month of Phalgun. In 2016 it was celebrated on 7 March
This year's shortlist includes a map of the human brain's pathways, delicate scales on a moth's wing, and a super-close-up of a butterfly's head.
When it comes to the city with the world's most beautiful metro system, there's a clear winner: Moscow.