Travel pictures

AFP photographer Fred Dufour took a closer look at the Tianjin Binhai library and discovered that the rows of book spines are just images printed on the backs of shelves.

David Sim Nov 16, 2017

The overnight deluge hit the industrial towns of Nea Peramos and Mandra, about 27km (17 miles) west of Athens, trapping dozens of people in their homes or cars.

David Sim Nov 15, 2017

Using high-resolution cameras mounted to a stabilising gyro, Jeffrey Milstein leaned out of helicopters over Los Angeles and New York to capture dazzling aerial photos of each city.

David Sim Nov 13, 2017

A new book – I See a City: Todd Webb's New York – presents American photographer Todd Webb's exploration of New York in the years following World War II.

David Sim Nov 03, 2017

Award-winning photographer and zoologist Axel Gomille pays homage to the subcontinent's overwhelmingly spectacular natural heritage in his book Wild India.

David Sim Nov 03, 2017

The Waiapi live deep in Brazil's Amazon rainforest. Their way of life is closer to the Stone Age than the 21st century. Yet the modern world is barely a few hours' drive away, and getting closer.

David Sim Oct 31, 2017

Raisin Monday is the culmination of Raisin Weekend – an alcohol-fuelled rite of passage for new students at St Andrew's University in Scotland.

David Sim Oct 23, 2017

One person died in the fire which ripped through the traditional Burmese-style teak Kandawgyi Palace Hotel in Yangon before dawn.

David Sim Oct 19, 2017

Vanuatu, home to about 260,000 people, is made up of about 65 islands on the geologically active Pacific Ring of Fire.

David Sim Sep 28, 2017

Organisers estimate that Oktoberfest's seven million visitors will drink a similar number of litres of beer.

David Sim Sep 18, 2017

After the popular and critical success of his first book, Soviet Bus Stops, Herwig has returned to the former Soviet Union to hunt for more.

David Sim Sep 14, 2017

The stock includes a variety of period costumes such as doublets, cloaks, helmets, uniforms, codpieces and bum rolls.

David Sim Sep 13, 2017

Britain's Defence Minister Michael Fallon said his government's effort was "as good as anybody else's". But is it?

David Sim Sep 12, 2017

A snarling tiger cub, playful brown bears and a tiny seahorse clinging to a cotton bud are among the beautiful photos on this year's shortlist.

David Sim Sep 12, 2017

With communication cut to some of the Florida Keys, many are holding their breath for what daylight might reveal.

David Sim Sep 11, 2017

Seawater penetrated as much as half a kilometre (one-third of a mile) inland in places.

David Sim Sep 11, 2017

Smashed hotels, boats tossed into piles, and flooded streets and homes on Sint Maarten, the Dutch side of the Caribbean island of Saint Martin.

David Sim Sep 07, 2017

Hurricane Irma, the most powerful Atlantic Ocean hurricane in recorded history, barrels across the Caribbean en route to Florida.

David Sim Sep 06, 2017

Photos of Burning Man's art installations, temples and mutant vehicles in desert dust storms look like surrealist paintings by Salvador Dali.

David Sim Sep 01, 2017

This year's Burning Man festival in the middle of the Black Rock Desert of Nevada is expected to be the hottest ever.

David Sim Aug 31, 2017

The sounds of steel bands made London feel more exotic for a couple of days. Even the weather this year was tropical.

David Sim Aug 29, 2017

Berlin's huge Tiergarten park is crawling with a species of crayfish native to America's Deep South.

David Sim Aug 25, 2017

Russian photographer Denis Esakov presents Moscow from a different perspective – from above.

David Sim Aug 24, 2017

People are abandoning their villages and moving to cities, leaving only the elderly behind in crumbling houses.

David Sim Aug 23, 2017

The popular Italian tourist island of Ischia off the coast of Naples was hit by an earthquake, killing at least two people and injuring dozens.

David Sim Aug 22, 2017

The Elizabeth Tower, completed in 1859, is showing its age. The masonry is chipped and crumbling, and the clock faces are disintegrating.

David Sim Aug 21, 2017

Millions of Americans armed with protective glasses have staked out their positions for what should be the most observed and photographed eclipse in history.

David Sim Aug 21, 2017

The Palio di Siena has been held in the Piazza del Campo in the centre of the medieval town, twice a year, almost without fail since 1656.

David Sim Aug 17, 2017

More than 100 hot air balloons took to the skies over Bristol as dawn broke for the start of the 39th International Balloon Fiesta.

David Sim Aug 11, 2017

The origins of Puck Fair are unclear, but it dates back at least 400 years.

David Sim Aug 11, 2017