In the second part of our series, we bring you images from Nepal, Canada, Jerusalem, Gaza and other parts of the world. These photographs are accompanied with a short description by the photographers on why they shot the picture and the story behind the picture.
Image is being defined as iconic and a powerful image of the ongoing struggle between law enforcement and black Americans.
Here are the glimpses of life aboard USS Harry S Truman aircraft carrier.
Russian and Ukrainian soccer fans scuffled briefly in the streets of Lviv in the early hours of Saturday after watching a Euro 2012 game in the city's fan zone, eyewitnesses said.
Alibaba founder and executive chairman Jack Ma is this year's biggest financial gainer as the billionaire entrepreneur's fortune has swelled by a whopping $18.5 billion this year to $29.2 billion.
Donald Trump has announced that he would skip the glitzy White House Correspondents' Association annual dinner, to become the first US President to miss the gala in decades amidst his raging tiff with the media.
Though it is often said that Indian Railways is the largest employer in the world, but it seems it is not
The company described the move as an 'important milestone'.
Photographers across continents have asked youngsters to depict what they wanted as gifts this festive season and here's what they said.
Rio Games organizers stepped up police patrols around the Olympic Park on Wednesday after two people were injured when a bus was hit by what security officials said were stones hurled by vandals.
Here's a collection of some of the best photographs taken by Reuters photographers in November from around the world.
From the uprisings across the Arab world to the devastating earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster in Japan, there was no lack of news in 2011. In this five-part series, the photographers offer a behind the scenes account of the images that helped define the year.
The prime minister also raised questions over the alleged appeal by former director general of the Pakistan Army, Sardar Arshad Rafiq, that senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel be made chief minister of Gujarat.
The agreement was signed on Tuesday at state's Isaac Regional Council meeting.
Here's a glimpse of all that happened around the world last month, in 12 images.
More than 120 cats swarm the island with only a handful of humans for company.
Real Madrid can pip Barcelona to the La Liga title on Saturday even though their destiny is out of their hands, coach Zinedine Zidane said on the eve of the season finale.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
Here are some pictures that defined the world of business in 2010.
'You cannot suppress a section of society permanently.' 'The spark of revolt will catch fire sooner or later.'
A plane carrying 72 people, including football players from Brazil, has reportedly crashed in Colombia. Authorities are responding to an emergency after an airplane with 72 people on board has crashed on its way to Medellin's international airport.
A round-up of all the results from the 16th World Athletic Championships in London
The Burning Man festival came to its traditional spectacular conclusion on Saturday night, when the huge wooden effigy that gives the event its name was set alight. More than 50,000 revellers have spent the last week camping in the Black Rock desert in Nevada. Money is outlawed at the festival, so revellers must bring everything they will need for the week-long rave. Reuters photographer Jim Urquhart captured this year's festival, which had the theme 'Caravansary'.
Google Glass may face some tough competition from a San Francisco-based company which plans to develop smart Bluetooth-enabled glasses that display HD video and are equipped with a global navigation satellite system.
Here's a collection of some of the best photos from around the world shot by ace Reuters photographers in the last 24 hours.
Mansi, the Labrador, received an enemy bullet, something which was enough to provoke her handler who started firing relentlessly at the infiltrators in Jammu and Kashmir
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Thursday
Rio Olympics organizers stepped up police patrols on Wednesday as security concerns mounted over the threat posed by street violence, with a Games bus being hit by stones and a security patrol coming under fire near Rio's international airport.
Reuters photographer Soe Zeya Tun captures the plight of Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrants who were rescued off Myanmar's southern coast last week from a boat carrying 734 people through these moving images.
On November 9, Germany will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Images of Cecil the lion and a number of the world's most endangered animals were projected on to the side of the Empire State Building.
The European Medicines Agency's review is the second setback to Alkem Laboratories
It was a wedding that redefined opulence. Prince Abdul Malik, son of the Sultan of Brunei -- one of the wealthiest men on the planet -- on Sunday married former systems data analyst Dayangku Raabi'atul 'Adawiyyah Pengiran Haji Bolkiah in a spectacular ceremony at the monarch's 1,788-room palace in Brunei's capital.
The mine, designed to eventually produce 60 million tonnes a year of thermal coal used in power stations, has been the focus of opposition by green groups fighting new coal mines and the rail and ports needed to ship the coal.
Egypt's players sacrificed a cow during a training session to bring them luck at the African Nations Cup.
Thirteen women, who have broken gender stereotypes, reveal what it takes to do a 'man's job'.
'India is currently waging a diplomatic war against Pakistan, to convey to Islammabad that each terror attack on India will come with huge diplomatic costs,' says Rajeev Sharma.
Of the nearly 4.6 crore people living as slaves globally, two-thirds, or 3.04 crore, are in the Asia-Pacific region, with the highest number in India.
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We bring you a collection of some of the best photographs taken this week by ace Reuters photographers.