Travel pictures

AFP photographer Ed Jones is one of the few Western journalists allowed to enter North Korea on a regular basis.

David Sim Aug 09, 2017

When the quake hit, the performers ran off the stage in terror and the audience thought the tremor was part of the show.

David Sim Aug 09, 2017

The British Life Photography Awards, celebrating the diversity of life in Britain, are open to amateur and professional photographers of all ages.

David Sim Aug 08, 2017

The Yi have retained their language and traditions in a rapidly modernising country, but are among the poorest people in China.

David Sim Aug 07, 2017

Thai artists carve intricate floral and animal designs into a range of fruits and vegetables including watermelon, papaya and pumpkins.

David Sim Aug 04, 2017

There are plans to rebuild Aleppo's great medieval mosques, souks, bath houses and citadel "with the same stones where we can".

David Sim Aug 04, 2017

A photograph of a lightning bolt striking within the ash cloud of an erupting volcano has won the 2017 National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year contest.

David Sim Aug 01, 2017

Hidden away within the walls of Tower of London is a private drinking hole for the 37 Beefeaters who live with their families in the fortified complex.

David Sim Jul 27, 2017

Fires have ravaged tinder-dry vegetation in France, Portugal, Italy, Spain, Croatia and Montenegro and across southern Europe.

David Sim Jul 26, 2017

More than ten villages in central Portugal have been evacuated as forest fires rage in the provinces of Castelo Branco and Santarem.

David Sim Jul 26, 2017

Rescue authorities said a Swedish man and a Turkish man died in the collapse at the White Corner Club when the quake struck.

David Sim Jul 21, 2017

More than 2,200 firefighters on the ground and in the air have contained just seven percent of the Detwiler Fire.

David Sim Jul 20, 2017

The 2,000 residents of the town of Mariposa, in the Sierra Nevada mountains southwest of Yosemite, were ordered to flee as the Detwiler Fire approached.

David Sim Jul 19, 2017

Montenegro has asked for international help, but Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said he might consider EU help "if necessary".

David Sim Jul 18, 2017

The Fiesta de San Fermin is not just about the running of the bulls; it is a religious festival and a celebration of Basque folklore and tradition.

David Sim Jul 12, 2017

Photojournalist Danish Siddiqui follows the increasingly filthy river from its mountain source to the megacity of Kolkata.

David Sim Jul 11, 2017

The bonfires are often provocatively decorated with Catholic or Nationalist symbols such as posters of Sinn Fein politicians.

David Sim Jul 11, 2017

The 2017 Darwin Beer Can Regatta was won by a team of women representing the city's LGBT community.

David Sim Jul 10, 2017

A 46 year-old Spanish man was gored and tossed by a bull. Two men from the US were gored – one in the abdomen and one in the scrotum.

David Sim Jul 07, 2017

The San Fermin festival kicked off with the traditional midday launching of a firework rocket — known as the Chupinazo — from Pamplona's town hall balcony.

David Sim Jul 06, 2017

Japanese men are increasingly finding 'real love' with silicone sex dolls, as they're 'less cold-hearted' than women.

David Sim Jul 03, 2017

Drone Photography & Video Masterclass contains everything a photographer needs to take their camera into the skies; and everything a drone pilot needs to master aerial photography.

David Sim Jun 30, 2017

There are just a few days left to enter the travel photography contest and stand a chance of a winning 10-day trip for two to the Galápagos.

David Sim Jun 28, 2017

More than 1,000 firefighters and nine water-dropping aircraft are battling the blaze in Pedrogao Grande, which is raging for a third consecutive day.

David Sim Jun 20, 2017

Portugal's worst forest fires in living memory have so far claimed the lives of 62 people, most of whom died in their cars as they tried to flee the inferno.

David Sim Jun 19, 2017

The Moscow Metro is the world's most beautiful underground rail system and a tourist sight in its own right.

David Sim May 31, 2017

Twin Peaks isn't a real town but many of the show's locations can be found between Fall City and North Bend, off highway 90 east of Seattle, Washington state.

David Sim May 19, 2017

In some areas of Colombia, water levels were waist deep and some residents had to resort to travelling along streets on their canoes.

David Sim May 17, 2017

From rocky coastlines to lush woodlands, Britain's remarkable landscape and volatile weather provides generous material to fire the imagination.

David Sim May 17, 2017

National Geographic's annual travel photography competition has kicked off, and is open for entries until 30 June 2017.

David Sim May 12, 2017