PICTURES

Pope Francis has received a rock star's welcome in the Philippines.

Haunting photographs of abandoned places by urban explorer Johnny Joo.

Thousands of people line the streets of Manila, as Pope Francis arrives in the Philippines.

Much of Britain has been turned into a winter wonderland, with roads and fields blanketed with snow.

Michael Kenna's black-and-white French landscapes on show at Beetles+Huxley in London.

Charlie Hebdo's new issue sells out before dawn around France, with scuffles at kiosks in Paris.

The Amazon Tall Tower Observatory is 325m high, making it taller than the Eiffel Tower.

Amazing photos of workers catching fish inside a flooded abandoned shopping centre in Bangkok.

Protesters storm two military barracks in Guerrero state where 43 students disappeared last year.

The statue on Place de la Republique in Paris has been transformed into a tribute to the victims.

The Dakar Rally's 9,000km-long route runs through Argentina, Chile and Bolivia.

French anti-terrorist police have surrounded Dammartin-en-Goele, a small industrial town.

One man has died as millions clamour to touch the Jesus of the Black Nazarene statue in Manila.

Syrian refugees are facing a desperate situation after a snowstorm struck the region.

Thousands of people join rallies in memory of the victims of the Charlie Hebdo attack in Paris.

Snow has fallen in parts of the Middle East as a powerful winter storm swept through the region.

A 220-year-old time capsule left by US founding fathers Samuel Adams and Paul Revere is opened.

When Randall Park Mall opened in 1976, it was the world's largest shopping centre.

Christians celebrate Epiphany – when the Three Kings arrived in Bethlehem to give Jesus gifts.

Dogs destined for South Korean dinner tables are being put up for adoption as pets in the US.

Lucas Jackson captures the eerie beauty of deserted areas of the US Army base at Bagram Airfield.

Every winter, a magical city made of ice glows brightly in China's Heilongjiang province.

These photos show the daily lives of members of the all-female Mother Aisha battalion in Aleppo.

A huge fire destroys nearly a thousand homes and kills at least three people in Manila.

Residents and tourists have come to lay flowers at the site of the stampede in Shanghai.

Bodies recovered from the crashed AirAsia plane are identified and returned to their families.

A body recovered from the plane was wearing a life jacket, raising questions about what happened.

Winners of some of the year's biggest photography competitions.

At least 24 people killed in Malaysia and Thailand in the worst flooding for more than a decade.