Travel pictures

Millions of people celebrate the Chinese New Year with fireworks, dancing and well-wishing for 2016.

Heavily fortified secret nuclear bunker dating back to latter stages of Cold War is up for sale to the public.

The leftist-led government's pension reform plan has slashed workers' salaries to meet targets set by the country's foreign creditors.

Cologne has done its utmost to make sure that the Weiberfastnacht festival continues as normal, without any security worries

Chinese lanterns illuminate the gardens of Chiswick House to welcome the Lunar New Year.

The ban on monkey breeding hasn't stopped animal trainers from making them practice, just in time for the Year of the Monkey celebrations.

Spring festival preparations under way for those planning to call in Lunar New Year, from Beijing to Croatia

150 employees participated in training exercise on what to do when an animal escapes its enclosure

Millions of people are going home for family reunions to celebrate the Lunar New Year in the world's largest annual human migration.

Venice Carnival kicks off under tight security following terror attacks in Paris and sexual assaults in Cologne.

House workers use fumigators as part of preventative measures against the Zika virus across Americas

Performances by exotic animals were banned by Chinese government in 2012 but the ruling had little effect.

Svalbard hopes to attract winter tourists with dog sled rides, ice caves and the northern lights.

The dolls are thought to invite benevolent spirits to possess them, with the hope that they will bring good luck, wealth and protection from harm.

Storm of the century batters US east coast residents leaving billions of dollars of damage in its wake.

The annual Up Helly Aa festival concludes with the burning of a replica Viking longboat.

Camels are dressed up for a beauty pageant before battling it out in a fight.

Taxi drivers who do not require an app for services protest against what they consider unfair competition

A cold weather front swept across China and much of eastern Asia, bringing heavy snow, freezing fog and record low temperatures.

You can stay at Tobolsk prison castle, from which nobody ever escaped and where thousands of enemies of the state were executed.

George Georgiou travelled across London on buses, photographing the fleeting scenes he spotted on the streets outside the windows.

Every year on St Sebastian's day, in Piornal, villagers throw turnips at a man dressed up as a creature known as Jarramplas.

The lifting of sanctions on Iran as a result of its nuclear deal with world powers could result in a huge tourism boom.

In collaboration with the London Transport Museum, TFL has opened up south London's subterranean shelters.

Making horses jump through flames and getting pets blessed in church to celebrate St Anthony.

For four nights, the capital's dark streets are being lit up for Lumiere London, a festival of lights.

Hindus celebrate several festivals in mid-January, such as Lohri, Makar Sankranti and Pongal.

The blast occurred in the Sultanahmet district, Istanbul's main sightseeing area.

Thousands of people in 60 cities around the world strip down to their underwear for the annual No Pants Subway Ride.

Getty images photographer Chris McGrath captures the colours of Istanbul's Grand Bazaar.