News in pictures

on September 29, 2023 at 4:30 am

Fencing at the 2022 Asian Games in China, flooding in South Africa, the felling of a famous tree in England, an active volcano in Chile, a heat wave in Brazil, drag racing in England, the the Ganesh Chaturthi festival in India, a 150-million-year-old dinosaur skeleton up for auction in Paris, and much more A cow decorated with charms, colorful tassels, and beads is seen in Trabzon, Turkey, on September 24, 2023, as cattle breeders return to Black Sea plateaus as the weather gets colder. ( Hakan Burak Altunoz / Anadolu Agency / Getty) […]

on September 28, 2023 at 6:50 pm

A look back at the work of the award-winning star of stage and screen […]

on September 27, 2023 at 5:19 pm

The annual World of WearableArt international design competition took place in Wellington, New Zealand, over the weekend. Designers with backgrounds in fashion, art, architecture, design, and more were invited to showcase their creative and inventive garments. Gathered below are of some of the amazing works shown this year in Wellington. "Tears Unseen" by Carena West, New Zealand, is modeled in the Open Section, after winning the Sustainability Award during the 2023 World of WearableArt Awards Night at TSB Bank Arena, in Wellington, New Zealand, on September 22, 2023. ( Hagen Hopkins / Getty for World of WearableArt) […]

on September 25, 2023 at 4:00 pm

The winning and commended images from this year’s Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition, run by Royal Observatory Greenwich, were recently announced. More than 4,000 entries were received this year from photographers in 64 countries, submitted to nine different categories. The contest organizers have shared some of the incredible winners and runners-up below—to see all of the top and shortlisted images, be sure to visit the exhibition site. Mars-set. Winner, Our Moon. An occultation of Mars that took place on December 8, 2022. During the occultation, the moon passed in front of the planet Mars, allowing the astrophotographer to capture both objects together. The image shows Mars behind the moon’s southern side in impressive detail. (© Copyright Ethan Chappel) […]

on September 24, 2023 at 6:26 am

Photographer Harry George Hall captures the highs and lows of a ploughing match in Norfolk. […]

on September 23, 2023 at 6:12 am

Elephants bathe at the beach while onlookers look on in amazement in this much-loved 1911 image. […]

on September 23, 2023 at 12:20 am

A selection of striking images from around the world, taken over the past seven days. […]

on September 22, 2023 at 4:30 am

A cotton harvest in Uzbekistan, a skateboarding showcase in Spain, F1 racing in Singapore, widespread flood damage in Libya, a reenactment of a 17th-century civil war in England, a shattered forest on the front line in Ukraine, a giant inflatable duck in Toronto, and much more "Seraph," by Sasha Wisniowski, is modeled in the Gold Section during the 2023 World of WearableArt Preview Show at TSB Bank Arena in Wellington, New Zealand, on September 20, 2023. ( Hagen Hopkins / Getty for World of WearableArt) […]

on September 22, 2023 at 1:46 am

A selection of the best photos from the African continent and beyond. […]

on September 21, 2023 at 2:38 pm

Charles III and Camilla are on a three-day visit to France, here are some highlights from their first two days. […]

on September 21, 2023 at 8:31 am

Mae'r ffotograffydd o Abertawe, Steve Liddiard, yn dogfennu ein hadeiladau amddifad. // Swansea photographer, Steve Liddiard, wants a record of some of our abandoned sites. […]

on September 20, 2023 at 5:27 pm

The winning and commended images of the Ocean Photographer of the Year 2023 competition were recently announced, with the marine biologist and amateur photographer Jialing Cai named the overall winner for her image of a paper nautilus floating on a piece of ocean debris. Contest organizers at Oceanographic Magazine were kind enough to share some of this year’s top images below—their full gallery can be seen here. Winner, Female Fifty Fathoms. Humpback whales in shallow water. Turks and Caicos Islands. (© Copyright Merche Llobera / Ocean Photographer of the Year) […]

on September 20, 2023 at 1:30 am

Henry Diltz, who shot some of rock's most iconic images, will be honoured at Abbey Road on Thursday. […]

on September 18, 2023 at 4:49 pm

On Saturday, the 188th Oktoberfest beer festival opened in Munich, Germany. Organizers say they expect millions of visitors over the 18-day festival at Munich’s Theresienwiese—the last keg will be tapped on October 3. The Associated Press reports that the cost for a one-liter mug this year is between 12.60 and 14.90 euros ($13.45 to $15.90). Gathered here are images from the opening weekend of Oktoberfest 2023. A waitress reacts as she carries beer mugs in a festival tent during the opening of Oktoberfest, Munich's annual beer festival, on September 16, 2023, in Munich, Germany. ( Christof Stache / AFP / Getty) […]

on September 16, 2023 at 11:09 pm

A selection of striking images from our readers around the world. […]

on September 15, 2023 at 11:44 pm

A selection of striking images from around the world, taken over the past seven days. […]

on September 15, 2023 at 10:03 am

A blackwater shot of a paper nautilus floating on ocean debris wins top photo award. […]

on September 15, 2023 at 4:30 am

A new volcanic eruption in Hawaii; deadly flooding in coastal Libya; a devastating earthquake in Morocco; scenes from China Fashion Week, in Beijing; a tunnel deep underground in Germany; wheelchair basketball in Germany; a penny farthing race in England; an end-of-summer cattle drive in Germany; and much more Surfing dogs compete in Helen Woodward Animal Center's 18th Annual Surf Dog Surf-A-Thon at Del Mar Dog Beach, on September 10, 2023, in Del Mar, California. ( Daniel Knighton / Getty) […]

on September 13, 2023 at 3:56 pm

On Sunday, a Mediterranean storm brought record-setting rainfall to much of Libya, filling rivers, overwhelming dams, and sweeping away entire neighborhoods in several coastal towns. Local authorities said that more than 5,100 people have been killed by the powerful flooding. Derna was one of the worst-hit cities after two dams failed and torrents of water rushed through its streets, destroying dozens of buildings. Foreign rescue crews are still arriving, lending assistance to local teams who are working to find any survivors among the debris. People look at the damage caused by flooding in Derna, eastern Libya, on September 11, 2023. ( AFP / Getty) […]

on September 11, 2023 at 6:07 pm

Rescue workers, aided by newly arrived foreign crews, are racing against the clock to find survivors amid the rubble of Morocco’s mountain villages, following Friday’s 6.8-magnitude earthquake. More than 2,600 deaths and 2,500 injuries have now been reported, caused by the strongest earthquake to hit Morocco in more than a century. Gathered below are images from Marrakesh and villages in central Morocco, where both burials and rescue operations are ongoing. A view of a village destroyed by the earthquake, near Adassil, Morocco, on September 11, 2023. ( Nacho Doce / Reuters) […]

on September 11, 2023 at 5:43 am

John Hayward's pictures feature in a new version of A Shropshire Lad by A. E. Housman. […]

on September 9, 2023 at 4:06 pm

More than 1,000 people were killed by a powerful earthquake that shook Morocco late yesterday, forcing residents to flee their homes in the middle of the night. The 6.8-magnitude quake caused widespread damage in both small villages and the city of Marrakesh. Rescue operations are under way, though they are slowed by damaged roads and communication networks, in a race to find those who remain trapped. Below, a collection of early images from several of the hard-hit neighborhoods and villages. A woman reacts, standing in front of her earthquake-damaged house in the old city in Marrakesh on September 9, 2023. ( Fadel Senna / AFP / Getty) […]

on September 8, 2023 at 11:30 pm

A selection of striking images from around the world, taken over the past seven days. […]

on September 8, 2023 at 4:30 am

The World Tango Championship in Argentina, devastating floods in Greece, a scene from the 80th Venice Film Festival, a cricket game in Afghanistan, a light festival in South Africa, a buffalo police patrol in Brazil, a muddy mess at the Burning Man Festival, and much more This picture taken on September 2, 2023 shows a player scoring a try during the Water Rugby Lausanne by jumping into Lake Geneva from a floating rugby field. The match was part of a three-day tournament organized by the LUC Rugby that gathered more than 240 players in Lausanne, Switzerland. ( Fabrice Coffrini / AFP / Getty) […]

on September 5, 2023 at 4:39 pm

The winning entries in this year’s Bird Photographer of the Year competition were just announced, with Jack Zhi named as the overall winner for his image of a falcon defending its nest. Competition organizers were once again kind enough to share some of the other winners here, in eight different categories, selected from a field of more than 20,000 entries. Grab the Bull by the Horns. Grand Prize Winner and Gold Winner, Bird Behavior. During the breeding season, a female peregrine falcon fiercely protects her young, attacking anything that comes near the nest. For four years, I attempted to capture these rare moments of her attacking large brown pelicans with incredible speed and agility. The high-speed chase made it challenging to capture a close-up shot with a long lens. (© Copyright Jack Zhi / Bird Photographer of the Year) […]

on September 2, 2023 at 11:00 pm

A selection of striking images from our readers around the world. […]

on September 1, 2023 at 11:49 pm

A selection of striking images from around the world, taken over the past seven days. […]

on September 1, 2023 at 4:30 am

Scenes from the the World Athletics Championship in Budapest, a sunflower maze in England, a performance at the Rock en Seine festival in Paris, wildfires in Greece and Italy, damage from Hurricane Idalia in Florida, a mid-river football match in England, a marching-band competition in Texas, and much more Jonay Ravelo and his horse Nivaria observe the rising full moon from a mountain in Mogán, in Gran Canaria, Spain, on August 31, 2023. ( Borja Suarez / Reuters) […]

on August 31, 2023 at 3:15 pm

The organizers of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest have been kind enough to share a preview of some of this year’s Highly Commended images. The full list of competition winners, and the Grand Title and Young Grand Title Awards, will be announced in October. Wildlife Photographer of the Year is developed and produced by the Natural History Museum in London. Captions are provided by the photographers and WPY organizers, and are lightly edited for style. Snow Bison. Waugh caught sight of a plains bison kicking up flurries of snow over its bulky frame. From his vehicle, he saw the bison start to head downhill toward the road, gathering momentum, and he drew up to give it space to cross. Location: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. (© Copyright Max Waugh / Wildlife Photographer of the Year) […]

on August 30, 2023 at 6:05 pm

First announced in 2015, Egypt’s new, as-yet-unnamed capital city has been under construction for years, at an estimated cost of more than $50 billion. Temporarily referred to as the New Administrative Capital, the massive development is just one of several megaprojects being built by the government of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. The new city, about 28 miles southeast of Cairo, is planned for more than six million residents, and is designed in part to relieve traffic and other stresses on the crumbling infrastructure in Cairo. The project, largely operated by Egypt’s Ministry of Defense, will consolidate and move government headquarters into a more controlled setting, monitored by more than 6,000 surveillance cameras. It is already home to the tallest building in Africa, a huge presidential palace, dozens of ministry buildings, schools, hospitals, mosques, and churches—with many more to come. Completion remains years away, and the Egyptian government has gone deeply into debt, but some people have begun moving in, even though many Cairo residents, according to Reuters, say they “cannot afford to live in the new city.” Vehicles drive along a road near the newly built Shuhada mosque at Egypt's New Administrative Capital, about 45 kilometers east of Cairo, on March 7, 2021. ( Ahmed Hasan / AFP / Getty) […]

on August 26, 2023 at 12:21 am

A selection of striking images from around the world, taken over the past seven days. […]

on August 25, 2023 at 4:30 am

Wildfires in Greece and Canada, paddleboarding in Maine, an anti-terror exercise in South Korea, flooding in Southern California, migrating flamingos in Turkey, a weigh-in at London Zoo, a T-Rex race in Washington State, and much more People hold hands during a community paddle out for those affected by the Maui fires, organized by nonprofit Na Kama Kai, at Kuhio Beach in Honolulu, Hawaii, on August 19, 2023. At least 115 people are known to have died in what was the deadliest wildfire in the U.S. in more than a century. ( Yuki Iwamura / AFP / Getty) […]

on August 23, 2023 at 4:32 pm

Firefighters and volunteers across Greece have been battling devastating wildfires for five straight days now, struggling to contain blazes driven by hot, dry conditions and gale-force winds. Reuters reports that a Greek official says that more than 350 wildfires have erupted since Friday, “including 209 in the last 48 hours.” Thousands of residents and tourists are being evacuated by land and by sea, fleeing the fires that have killed at least 20 people so far. A Greek flag flutters in the wind during a wildfire in Chasia, on the outskirts of Athens, Greece, on August 22, 2023. ( Angelos Tzortzinis / AFP / Getty) […]

on August 21, 2023 at 6:03 pm

More than 2,000 athletes from about 200 countries have gathered in Budapest, Hungary, for the 2023 World Athletics Championships, competing in 49 track-and-field events. The competition began on August 19 and continues through August 27. Gathered below are images from some of the events over this weekend. Second-placed Tara Davis-Woodhall of Team USA celebrates after competing in the women's long-jump final during the World Athletics Championships at the National Athletics Center in Budapest, Hungary, on August 20, 2023. ( Andrej Isakovic / AFP / Getty) […]

on August 19, 2023 at 11:06 pm

A selection of striking images from our readers around the world. […]

on August 18, 2023 at 4:30 am

A mountain race in the Swiss Alps, new eruptions of Mount Etna in Italy, preparations for Oktoberfest in Munich, wildfires in Spain’s Canary Islands, a sheep auction in Scotland, a surfing competition in Tahiti, and much more This photograph taken on August 13, 2023, shows France's Chloé Moglia, of the artistic company Rhizome, performing "Horizon" during the final day of Le Castrum festival in Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland. ( Fabrice Coffrini / AFP / Getty) […]

on August 16, 2023 at 4:47 pm

In Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Preserve, the brown bears have returned to Brooks Falls, where they gorge themselves on salmon from July to September in preparation for the coming winter. The fishing bears have become famous, viewed by millions on live “bear cams,” and celebrated each September during Fat Bear Week with a tournament organized by the National Park Service. Recently, the Getty Images photographer John Moore paid a visit to Brooks Falls, catching images of some of the bears in action. A brown bear snags a sockeye salmon in midair on August 11, 2023, at Brooks Falls, Alaska, within Katmai National Park and Preserve. ( John Moore / Getty) […]

on August 14, 2023 at 4:06 pm

Residents of Lahaina, Hawaii, were recently allowed to return to their homes to recover what they could after wildfires burned across western Maui last week, killing at least 96 people. The historic town was overtaken by a swift-moving wildfire, which destroyed almost all of its buildings. More than 1,000 people remain missing as teams continue to search house to house and fire crews work to contain the last of the fires. Gathered below, images of the early recovery work, and the community of volunteers who are mobilizing to help those in need. A woman cradles her cat after finding him in the aftermath of a wildfire in Lahaina, western Maui, Hawaii, on August 11, 2023. ( Moses Slovatizki / AFP / Getty) […]

on August 11, 2023 at 4:30 am

Mountain-bike racing in Scotland, flooding in Northern Europe, missile strikes in Ukraine, wildfire damage in Hawaii, a rescued wallaby in Australia, a dog-surfing championship in California, a rubber-duck derby in Chicago, and much more This underwater picture shows Brazilian surfer Gabriel Medina during a training session on August 9, 2023, in Teahupo'o, Tahiti, a few days before the WSL Shiseido Tahiti pro-surfing event. ( Ben Thouard / AFP / Getty) […]

on August 10, 2023 at 2:53 pm

Yesterday, wildfires that were fanned by winds driven by a distant hurricane tore across the Hawaiian island of Maui, forcing thousands to flee, destroying hundreds of structures, and killing at least 36 people, according to an Associated Press report. The historic town of Lahaina was hit especially hard as the fast-moving fires burned through buildings toward the waterfront, forcing a number of people to jump into the water to escape. Gathered below, early images from the disaster in Lahaina. The hall of historic Waiola Church and nearby Lahaina Hongwanji Mission are engulfed in flames along Wainee Street on August 8, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii. ( Matthew Thayer / The Maui News / AP) […]

on August 8, 2023 at 6:09 pm

Ukraine will soon mark the passing of 18 months since Russian forces launched their invasion in February of 2022. In recent weeks, the frontline battlefields in eastern and southern Ukraine remain punishing arenas of trench warfare, drone attacks, and artillery battles. Heavily mined and fortified Russian positions are slowing Ukraine’s long-anticipated counteroffensive. Russia’s military continues to launch missiles into all parts of Ukraine, attacking infrastructure and other targets, while Western countries continue to supply Ukraine with ammunition, equipment, and training. Gathered below are images from recent weeks, showing a region reshaped by a year and a half of war. Ukrainian soldiers fire toward Russian positions from a trench on the front line in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region on June 23, 2023. ( Efrem Lukatsky / AP) […]

on August 4, 2023 at 4:30 am

Widespread flooding in China, a horse cart race in India, drone training in Ukraine, a wildfire in the Mojave National Preserve, a water polo match in Japan, a trampoline championship in England, a flooded St Mark’s Square in Venice, an air show in Ireland, and much more A member of the Crane Valley Hotshots works to light a backfire as the York Fire burns in the Mojave National Preserve on July 30, 2023. The York Fire has burned over 70,000 acres, and has crossed the state line from California into Nevada. ( David Swanson / AFP / Getty) […]

on July 24, 2023 at 1:01 pm

With her eye in the sky, Joanna Steidle captures images of the elusive creatures. […]

on July 15, 2023 at 11:17 pm

A selection of striking images from our readers around the world. […]

on June 19, 2023 at 5:46 am

Could developments in picture editing tech using Artificial Intelligence change photography forever? […]

on February 25, 2023 at 8:43 am

An exhibition features images of patients, staff and visitors in Middlesex Hospital's Aids wards. […]

on January 31, 2023 at 6:36 am

Alan Percy, from Norwich, is one of the BBC's network of Weather Watchers. […]