Here are some of the best photos from around the world in the month gone by.

A box turtle named Pedro has been outfitted with a set of custom-made wheels after losing his back legs, thanks to doctors and students at Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

FIDE said in a statement that the game of chess has a "genuine global appeal" and that it has 189 national federations and 600 million people who practice chess globally.

Best sports images from the week gone by

Foreign students knowingly enrolled in the fake school to falsely maintain their student visa status and remain in the US, according to prosecutors.

Indian Americans are not just shining in the fields of technology, education and management. You can now spot them every where... in politics, in research, in the movies and even on YouTube, says Ignatius Chithelen.Indian Americans are not just shining in the fields of technology, education and management. You can now spot them every where... in politics, in research, in the movies and even on YouTube, says Ignatius Chithelen.

The chief of America's Federal Communications Commission is not a fan of net neutrality. So what's his vision of communications and digital policy in these times?

They are rich in the omega-3 fatty acid, alpha-linolenic acid and fibre.

The names of two Indian-Americans -- Seema Verma and Bobby Jindal -- have emerged as possible candidates.

The fandom of Walter Becker was rather obscure, but his death has left a huge void in the music industry.

Darryl D' Monte, the distinguished enviromental journalist, discusses how the media covers floods in Mumbai or Texas, but ignores Assam or Bangladesh.

More than 1,85,000 homes were damaged and 9,000 destroyed as 42,000 people remain in shelters amid overflowing rivers and reservoirs, Texas officials said.

Rescue work has intensified in Texas with officials launching search operations as desperate residents remain stranded without food and water.

Bush and Obama were kind; Trump couldn't care less.

One Indian student has died after he nearly drowned in a swollen lake in Texas.

Thousands of emergency rescue teams officials remained on their toes, helping people affected by the deluge. Weather official said parts of state are expected to receive rainfall again.

At least 200 Indian students stranded at the University of Houston were being evacuated to safer places.

Around 13 million people continue to battle "catastrophic" flooding and torrential rains in storm-ravaged Texas where Hurricane Harvey has wreaked havoc.

Harvey is the most powerful hurricane to hit the United States mainland in 12 years on Saturday made landfall in central Texas coast with winds of 195 kmph.

"This will be the first dinner for a foreign dignitary at the White House under this administration. So, we think that's very significant," a senior administration official told reporters at the White House on the eve of Modi's arrival.

President Trump has condemned the shooting incident.

For the 13th consecutive year, a desi child has won the Scripps National Spelling Bee. But what's domination without some swag, right?

If elected, Singh would be the third Indian-American ever elected as a Governor of a State.

Inside the governors' reception hosted by Indian Ambassador to the US Navtej Sarna -- a first in more than 15 years.

The winners of the 60th annual World Press Photo Contest have been announced. The winning shot was taken by Turkish Associated Press photographer called Burhan Ozbilici, with an image he has simply titled An Assassination in Turkey. Showing Mevlut Mert Altintas shouting after shooting Andrei Karlov, the Russian ambassador to Turkey, at an art gallery in Ankara, Turkey, on December 19 2016.

A modern day prince and princess are getting married in Bengaluru this weekend.

She became the first from the Indian-American community to serve on a Cabinet rank position in any United States presidential administration.

Nikki Haley becomes the first Indian-American to serve on a Cabinet rank position in any presidential administration in the US.

'The year in pictures' treks across the globe, looking back on the moments that shaped 2016. From the United States presidential race, to demonetisation in India to the refugee crisis, the news has kept pouring in. Here are our top 50 moments from the world.

Trump's transition team spokesman Sean Spicer listed Haley as one of the candidates.

Two-term Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, the first ever Indian-American to be elected as a state Governor, is among the shortlisted candidates for Trump's Cabinet, according to a media report.

Kamala Harris, Pramila Jayapal, Ro Khanna and Raja Krishnamoorthi make their way to the Congress.

The billionaire businessman beat his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton to become the 45th president of the United States.

Republican Donald Trump has been elected as 45th President of the United States after winning 276 electoral votes.

Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton registers her first 'win' by four votes to two against Trump.

Indian-American governors Bobby Jindal and Nikki Haley, as well as an Indian-origin scribe were among those on the receiving end of Donald Trump's barbs on social media, according to a New York Times compilation of people, places and things the Republican has insulted since declaring his bid for presidency.

The Food and Drug Administration says all those areas are currently in compliance with blood screening, but that expanded testing is now needed.

Bobby Jindal and Nikki Haley are not on the list of speakers at the Republican National Convention.

Sleuths of security forces and secret service agents have converged on the city and huge make-shift iron walls have come up several blocks around the convention's location.

The gunman, identified as 29-year-old Gavin Eugene Long, dressed in black and armed with a rifle, shot the police officers in an "ambush-style" attack on Sunday.