PICTURES

Storm Desmond dumped record levels of rain on Cumbria and the Scottish Borders.

Around 1,000 more refugees are expected to arrive in Scotland over the next few weeks.

Winners of an aerial photography contest launched by Dronestagram, the Instagram for drones.

Arbaeen, also known as Chehlum, commemorates the end of the 40-day mourning period after the killing of Imam Hussein, the Prophet Muhammad's grandson, in a battle in 680 AD.

Beautiful photos of glaciers in Patagonia, which are receding at a faster rate than anywhere else on Earth.

The heaviest rainfall in more than a century has caused massive flooding across the eastern Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

UK MPs are debating whether to join the US and France in carrying out air strikes on Isis targets in Syria.

At least 45,000 Cubans are expected to travel by bus, boat, taxi and on foot to the US via Latin America this year.

Residents have been warned to stay indoors as pollution soars beyond safe levels.

Authorities in Chinese capital issued rare "orange" alert over dangerously high levels of smog.

Traditional US day of discounts passes without much incident in UK after 2014's controversy.

Some people improvised the tricolour flag out of red, white and blue shirts and even bras

Protests have become almost a daily occurrence in Port-au-Prince over allegations of massive electoral fraud.

Iranian migrants staging a hunger strike have sewn their lips shut in protest not being allowed in.

Kevin Frayer photographs Tibetan Buddhist monks and nuns at the Utmost Bliss Dharma Assembly.

Security was tight on the rain-soaked campus of the University of Nairobi.

Taronga Zoo in Sydney is celebrating the birth of a bright orange Francois' langur, one of the world's rarest monkeys.

Exhibition traces the major developments in photography from 1910 to the present day.

A mountain of dirt enveloped makeshift huts, burying migrant jade miners as they slept.

The Miss Talavera Bruce pageant is your average beauty contest, with the addition of armed guards, watchtowers and walls topped with barbed wire.

The northern hemisphere experiences first snowfall of the season, while Australia is in the grip of a heatwave.

Toxic mud from a collapsed iron mine dam has reached the Atlantic Ocean, killing fish and threatening endangered turtles.

Soldiers patrol the eerily quiet streets of Brussels, normally bustling in the run-up to Christmas.

People barred from crossing the Greece-Macedonia border protest against a policy of prioritising Syrian refugees over migrants from other countries.

Reclaim Australia rallies across the country descend into violence as anti-racism groups clash with far-right protesters.

Italian police document tattered possessions of migrants and refugees who died crossing the Mediterranean sea.

IBTimes UK presents some of the hottest cars at this year's Los Angeles Auto Show.

Protesters attempt to disrupt APEC Summit in Manila, attended by world leaders.

An underwater photo of tadpoles silhouetted against the sky has won a science photography competition.