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Superb images by Jeremy Walter, winner of the IBTimes UK minimalist architecture photography competition

Jeremy Walter has developed an incredible eye for minimalist architecture photography after spending nearly ten years photographing nothing but buildings.

Mar 6, 2018

Photography Competition Pictures Arts pictures

The Graphic City: The winner of the IBTimes UK minimalist architecture photography competition

IBTimes UK can now reveal the winners of the photography competition we ran in conjunction with EyeEm, using machine learning and neural networks to pick the winners.

Mar 1, 2018

Photography Competition Pictures

Happy Chinese New Year! Asia celebrates the arrival of the Year of the Dog

People burn incense at temples to pray for good health and fortune and flock to temple fairs to watch dragon dances and Chinese opera.

Feb 16, 2018

Travel pictures

40 dramatic photos of sinkholes and giant craters that swallowed homes and cars around the world

After a huge sinkhole swallowed cars on a street in Rome, we look at other craters that have suddenly opened up around the world.

Feb 16, 2018

Science pictures Travel pictures Weather Pictures

Idlib hospitals markets bombed air strikes

War crimes? Syrian and Russian air strikes 'target markets and hospitals'

Over Syrian 1,000 civilians, many of them children, were killed in the first week of February alone as air strikes hit hospitals, schools and markets.

Feb 15, 2018

Syria Vladimir Putin

Chinese New Year: A fiery 2018 predicted for people born in the Year of the Dog, like Donald Trump

Donald Trump is a typical Fire Dog: hot-tempered, talkative and argumentative. Chinese astrologers predict his second year in office will be even more tempestuous than his first.

Feb 15, 2018

Travel pictures Donald Trump

Jacob Zuma in pictures and scandals: Rape trial, Nkandlagate, Guptas, corruption and resignation

Jacob Zuma has quit as president of South Africa. He has been embroiled in a rape trial, corruption, an arms deal, using public money for his home and association with the Guptas.

Feb 14, 2018

Jacob Zuma South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa Politics Pictures

'No rules' football match turns Derbyshire town into chaotic two-day brawl

Ashbourne is home to one of Britain's oldest and bloodiest sporting traditions: the Royal Shrovetide Football Match, played every year on Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday.

Feb 14, 2018

Travel pictures

The 2018 World Press Photo of the Year contest: And the nominees are...

Three nominees for each of the eight photo contest categories, and – for the first time – a shortlist of six nominees for the World Press Photo of the Year.

Feb 14, 2018

Rohingya Muslims Photography Competition Pictures

Maha Shivratri 2018 photos: Auspicious Hindu festival dedicated to worship of Lord Shiva

This most important of Hindu festivals falls on Tuesday 13 through to Wednesday 14 February 2018.

Feb 13, 2018

Religion Picture Galleries India

Best in Show? Cute backstage photos at America's biggest dog show

Nearly 3,000 dogs are competing to win Best in Show at the 142nd annual Westminster Kennel Club dog show in New York.

Feb 13, 2018

New York Animal and Wildlife Pictures

Rio Carnival 2018 second night: Glitzy parades tackle serious issues

Behind the ostrich feathers and sequins, the parades tackle serious matters such as crime, corruption, drugs, poverty and intolerance towards the LGBT community.

Feb 13, 2018

Travel pictures

Lovely picture of rescued gorilla wins Wildlife Photographer of the Year People's Choice Award

Heartwarming image of Pikin the gorilla resting in the arms of her human companion Appolinaire in the back of a car wins Wildlife Photographer of the Year People's Choice Award.

Feb 13, 2018

Animal and Wildlife Pictures Photography Competition Pictures

Underwater Photographer of the Year 2018 winners: Stunning sharks, shipwrecks and seahorses

A panorama photograph of motorbikes in a World War Two shipwreck in the Red Sea has won Underwater Photographer of the Year 2018.

Feb 12, 2018

Animal and Wildlife Pictures Photography Competition Pictures Travel pictures Sharks

In pictures: Donald Trump being shafted by a Russian bear, and other satirical Rose Monday floats

Germany celebrates its annual Rose Monday carnival in traditional fashion: with floats featuring huge, unflattering puppets of politicians.

Feb 12, 2018

Travel pictures Donald Trump Brexit

Giant food fight as thousands throw fruit in medieval Battle of the Oranges

Teams throw 500,000 kilograms of oranges at each other as the northern Italian town of Ivrea marks the start of carnival season.

Feb 12, 2018

Travel pictures

Rio Carnival 2018 night one: Eye-popping costumes and spectacular floats

Seven of Rio de Janeiro's elite samba schools danced through the specially-built Sambadrome on the first night of the city's famous Carnival parades.

Feb 12, 2018

Travel pictures

bioluminescent phytoplankton Big Sur California

Amazing photos of bioluminescent phytoplankton glowing blue in the sea in Big Sur, California

People living along the California coast are being treated to a living light show as tiny glowing phytoplankton light up the waves at Big Sur.

Feb 9, 2018

Science pictures California Travel pictures

Over 300 child soldiers lay down their weapons after being released by armed groups in South Sudan

Over 19,000 children are thought to have been recruited, often by force, by armed groups on all sides of South Sudan's brutal civil war.

Feb 8, 2018

Conflict Pictures Human rights

Experience thousands of orchids at Kew Gardens' Thai tropical paradise

Escape to somewhere exotic and tropical this winter: the 23rd annual orchid festival at Kew Gardens in southwest London.

Feb 8, 2018

Travel pictures

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