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Amazing photos of 2018 Santa Cruz de Tenerife Carnival queens wearing huge 80kg costumes on wheels

The spectacular costumes – covered in feathers, sequins and jewels – can be more than 5m high and weigh over 80kg.

Feb 8, 2018

Travel pictures Spain

In pictures: Two days of constant bombardment in the Syrian rebel-held Eastern Ghouta region

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says 384 people, including 94 children, have been killed in the rebel-held Eastern Ghouta region since 29 January.

Feb 7, 2018

Syria Conflict Pictures

Israel gives African migrants a choice: Deportation plus cash, or jail

Netanyahu's government is offering 20,000 male migrants, most of whom are from Sudan and Eritrea, $3,500 (£2,500) and a plane ticket to what it says is a safe destination in Africa.

Feb 7, 2018

Israel Rwanda Uganda Migration Pictures

Retromobile 2018: Beautiful rare classic and vintage cars go on show and on sale in Paris

In pictures: The most exciting cars on show at Retromobile 2018, including the Ferrari FXX, a stunning 1938 Bugatti and a pristine Ferrari 250GT Cabriolet.

Feb 7, 2018

Taiwan earthquake photos: Firefighters rescue people from buildings leaning at precarious angles

Photos show buildings in Hualien leaning at sharp angles, their lowest floors crushed into mangled heaps of concrete, shattered glass and bent iron beams.

Feb 7, 2018

Science pictures Travel pictures

Poland's Holocaust bill: The 'Polish death camps' controversy explained

Poland's president says he will sign a bill outlawing suggestions the Polish nation or state was complicit in Nazi crimes.

Feb 6, 2018

Poland History Pictures

Photos of Japanese military helicopter crash site show how fortunate young girl was to escape house

An 11-year-old girl was the only one person at home when the helicopter crashed into her house. She managed to escape with only a minor knee injury,

Feb 6, 2018

Travel pictures

Indonesia floods in pictures: Deadly landslides in Jakarta and West Java after torrential rains

Torrential rains have caused havoc in Jakarta and neighbouring West Java, as flooding and landslides have killed at least five people.

Feb 6, 2018

Weather Pictures

Inside an eerie, abandoned ski resort near the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) in South Korea

The Alps Ski Resort was one of South Korea's first winter sports destinations, attracting tens of thousands of skiers every year, until it abruptly shut in 2006.

Feb 5, 2018

South Korea North Korea Travel pictures

Berlin Wall 1961 to 1989: Pictorial history of the Cold War barrier and famous escapes

The Berlin Wall has now been dismantled for as long as it stood - 28 years, two months and 26 days, or 10,316 days in total.

Feb 5, 2018

Travel pictures Conflict Pictures

China's Lunar New Year: Chaotic scenes as hundreds of millions of people travel home for holiday

The world's largest annual migration is underway as hundreds of millions of Chinese people head back home to celebrate the Lunar New Year with their families.

Feb 5, 2018

Travel pictures

Venice Carnival 2018 photos: Best costumes and masks at this year's Carnevale di Venezia

IBTimes UK presents a gallery featuring the best photos of the most creative costumes and masks at this year's Venice Carnival.

Feb 5, 2018

Travel pictures

Snow of the Century: Moscow blanketed in white after heaviest snowfall since records began

An average month's amount of snow fell on Moscow over the weekend, with the depth of the snow reaching 62 centimetres (24.5 inches) in some parts.

Feb 5, 2018

Weather Pictures Russia

The Graphic City: A photography competition judged by Artificial Intelligence

IBTimes UK teams up with EyeEm for a photography competition focusing on the clean lines, shapes and compositions of minimalist architecture across the globe.

Feb 1, 2018

Photography Competition Pictures Artificial Intelligence

Surreal scenes as Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga swears himself in as the people's president

Opposition leader Raila Odinga swore himself in as "the people's president" during a mock inauguration ceremony in front of a huge crowd of tens of thousands in Nairobi.

Jan 30, 2018

Kenya Politics Pictures

The Spheres: Amazon's rainforest space may look cool, but wouldn't you rather work in an office?

Amazon says its "employees can work in an environment that's more like a tropical rainforest in the clouds than an office." Like that's a good thing.

Jan 30, 2018

Travel pictures

Day Zero is approaching, when Cape Town may become first global city to run out of water

Cape Town is in the grips of a drought so severe that it is projected to run out of water on 12 April, becoming the world's first major city to run dry

Jan 29, 2018

Science pictures

In pictures: At Venice Carnival 2018, you're free to be what you want to be

Venice carnival costumes are changing. It's not just fabulous ballgowns for the ladies and black cloaks for the men. Why should the ladies have all the fun?

Jan 29, 2018

Travel pictures

Holocaust Remembrance Day: Auschwitz concentration and extermination camp [Graphic images]

Set up in 1940, Auschwitz became the centrepiece of Nazi Party dictator Adolf Hitler's "final solution" plan to exterminate the Jews.

Jan 26, 2018

History Pictures

Hundreds of chefs from around the world, all in chef whites, attend Paul Bocuse's funeral in Lyon

Legendary French chef Paul Bocuse, often referred to as the "Pope of French cuisine", died aged 91 on 20 January.

Jan 26, 2018

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