PICTURES

The winners of the world's biggest photography competition have been revealed.

A convoy of tanks and other US military vehicles is driving through eastern European countries.

Crowds flock to Tokyo's Ueno Park for the start of the cherry blossom season, many of them armed with selfie sticks.

Christians around the world marked Palm Sunday, the day the Bible says Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey.

At least seven dead as Islamist militants blast their way into a hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu.

Mourners are being urged not to join the queue to pay respects to former Singapore PM Lee Kuan Yew.

Crash investigators comb through the Germanwings Airbus A320 wreckage scattered across the Alps.

The heaviest rainfall in 80 years has caused flooding in the Atacama region of Chile and landslides in Peru.

The school that lost 16 teenage students in the crash accuses journalists of bribing students for interviews.

Planes launch air strikes on the airport in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, and its military air base.

Meet Sparklemuffin, Skeletorus and other cute members of Australia's colourful Maratus genus.

An estimated 40,000 people have returned to Kobani, with thousands more arriving every week.

All 150 people on board the plane died, including 16 children, following the crash in a remote area.

Heidi Levine's powerful Gaza photos win her an award recognising courageous women photojournalists.

A thousands-strong protest has rocked Kabul after a woman was beaten to death after being falsely accused of burning the Koran.

A hot plate, left on for the Sabbath, has been blamed for the fire that killed seven children.

Thousands of people queue for hours to see King Richard III's coffin in Leicester cathedral.

Newroz is an important festival marking the arrival of spring and the Persian new year.

An intricately carved temple filled with hand-written memorials is burned in Londonderry.

Ahead of the weekend's Counter Strike: GO tournament we took a look around the UK's first eSports arena at Fulham Broadway.

People who have plentiful access to water are encouraged to try not turning on their taps all day.

More than 150 families live at the Anlong Pi dump, scavenging for useful items in the rubbish.

Winners include the northern lights shimmering over a reindeer herder's tent, complete with satellite dish.

Battles against terror groups such as Isis and Boko Haram pushed death tolls up.

Palestinian refugee Saad al-Jamal has realised his lifetime ambition by acquiring two lion cubs.

Anti-imperialist rallies and graffiti condemning 'gringo' interference in Venezuela.

Soldiers wave black and white Islamist flags after retaking Nigerian town.

Cyclone Pam tore across Vanuatu, wreaking devastation but not the death toll initially feared.

Thousands of protesters clash with riot police near new European Central Bank building in Frankfurt.