Travel pictures

Toplessness is legal in New York, but aggressively soliciting payment is not.

Behind the scenes of a TV series that hammers home its message: Japan is the aggressor.

Four fit young men perform gravity-defying exercises in the rubble of bombed buildings in Gaza.

Kevin Frayer photographs a rapidly vanishing way of life for nomads on the Tibetan Plateau.

This year's festival sees the maiden flight of the world's first solar-hybrid balloon.

Photographer Alexandre Meneghini has documented daily life on the island of Cuba over the past year.

First observed in the 70s, there are almost 4,000 sinkholes along the shores of the salty sea today.

A dense layer of ivy covers the houses in the abandoned fishing village on a Chinese island.

The Shanghai Tower will be the world's second-tallest building when it opens later in 2015.

Daily Overview publishes an image of the Earth where human activity has shaped the landscape every day.

Giant trampolines, walkways, slides and tunnels are suspended inside a cavern twice the size of St Paul's Cathedral.

Houses left stranded in the middle of construction sites, like stubborn nails that can't be pounded down.

It cost more than a billion euros to build, but Spain's 'ghost airport' received just one bid of €10,000 at auction.

How has the crackdown on drunken tourists affected nightlife in Magaluf? Not much.

Revellers wrestle in huge pools of grey goo at South Korea's Boryeong Mud Festival.

Pamplona's San Fermin festival is a celebration of Basque traditions and folklore.

The Yellow Sea turns green as a thick carpet of algae covers the beaches of Shangdong Province, eastern China.

Thousands of wine-soaked revellers celebrate the start of Pamplona's San Fermin festival, famed for its running of the bulls.

Worker push heavy machinery across a snow-white landscape, breathing in blizzards of limestone dust.

As Mount Sinabung erupts, thousands of people refused to leave their homes on the slopes the volcano.

The annual party is a wild four-day celebration of stereotypical Texan biker values.

A week-long Amazon trek for £80, a hostel for £3 a night, and a beer for 15p.

Hundreds of fans dressed as orcs, goblins and elves recreated the Battle of the Five Armies from the Hobbit.

Muddy hand prints on a wall inside the Eastern Star bear witness to the final moments of the passengers and crew.

Travellers come from all over Britain to buy and sell horses, meet friends and celebrate Romany culture.

Award-winning photojournalist Kevin Frayer captures everyday life for families and workers in China.

Borobudur, built in the 9th century, is the world's largest Buddhist temple.

Locals in Havana were amazed when a Barack Obama lookalike walked into a bar and ordered a mojito.

Horse-drawn carriages, gilded throne, diamond-studded crown and antiquated rituals at the State Opening of Parliament.

Ezra Shaw goes in search of the secret to Cuba's phenomenal Olympic boxing success, and discovers real dedication and warmth.