Some of the handwritten and drawn tribute messages for Britain's Queen Elizabeth at Green Park in London.
May 29, 1953. A New Zealand beekeeper named Edmund Hillary and a Nepali sherpa named Tenzing Norgay became the first human beings to reach the top of the world -- the 29,035 foot Mount Everest, the highest mountain on earth.
More than 600 people were killed after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake jolted Turkey and Syria on February 6, 2023.
With the first anniversary of the Russian invasion coming up on February 24, Vladimir Putin's army has stepped up its military operations against Ukraine.
Vikram Doraiswami, an Indian Foreign Service officer of the 1992 batch, is the youngest Indian diplomat ever to be assigned to the Court of St James.
Shane Warne immortalised himself with the 'Ball Of The Century' on June 4, 1993 during the first Ashes Test against England at Old Trafford in Manchester.
Health workers fumigate a residential neighbourhood in New Delhi, September 22, 2022, to prevent the spread of mosquito-borne diseases following the rise in dengue cases in thre national capital.
A medical worker checks the IV drip treatment of a patient in the emergency department of a hospital in Shanghai.
Members of the Algerian rescue team search for survivors at the site of a damaged building after the earthquake in Turkey.
SpaceX said it would attempt the first launch of its Starship rocket system on Thursday, April 20, after a launch attempt on Monday, April 17, had to be scrubbed due to issues with the launch vehicle's first stage.
Saadet Sendag's son reacts as his mother is rescued after 177 hours at the site of a collapsed building in Hatay, Turkey.
The National People's Congress concluded at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Monday March 13, 2023 as a new set of leaders took charge of the Chinese government, and the ones they replaced head to retirement.
Joe Biden has been POTUS since January 20, 2021, but Monday, November 14, 2022, was the first time that he met Xi Jinping -- supreme leader of the United States' biggest rival -- in person since he moved to the White House.
Brazil's former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva -- better known as Lula in South America's largest country -- defeated President Jair Bolsonaro in Sunday's presidential election run-off.
COVID-19 cases have spread quickly in China after its Zero Covid policy was withdrawn.
Glimpses of the Northern Lights, also called Aurora Borealis, that illuminate the Polar night sky.
Terrifying glimpses of a devastating Oak fire near Darrah in Mariposa County, California.
Makeshift hospitals have been created to cope with the outbreak of coronavirus.
The capital of world history will be London on May 6.
The National People's Congress -- China's annual political gathering known as the Two Sessions -- brought leaders and lawmakers this week to set the Chinese Communist party's agenda for domestic economic and social development for the year.
After he was shot in the leg during his long march in Wazirabad, Imran, now a former prime minister and scourge of Pakistan's current government and generals, spewed fire from his wheelchair at the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital in Lahore, which old timers will recall he set up after leading Pakistan to its only World Cup title.
More then 21,000 people have been reported dead and more then 60,000 injured after the multiple earthquakes in Turkey and Syria on February 6, 2023.
Glimpses from Tomsk in Russia, Prague in the Czech Republic and Brighton in England.
Millions of people in Pakistan were left without electricity when a major power outage occured on January 23.
Since its introduction in 2000 in Belgium, there have been more than 100 Red Bull Soapbox Races around the world with crazy soapbox carts, outrageously outfitted participants, steep hills, crashes and huge crowds cheering every second.
Four separate earthquakes on Monday and Tuesday in Turkey and Syria left over 4,000 people dead and nearly 15,000 people injured.
As Chinese medical facilities in Beijing, Shanghai and other parts of China struggle to cope with the surge in coronavirus cases, Xi is missing from action.
China has seen a surge in COVID-19 cases since the government lifted its strict zero tolerance measures to contain the virus and hospitals in many cities with severe COVID-19 outbreaks have been overwhelmed by the increase in patients.
As China's hospitals struggle to cope with the spike of infected people, the Communist party government seem confused over what measures can be taken to control the virus.
The death toll from an earthquake in Turkey and Syria has passed 11,000, making the quake the deadliest in more than a decade.
When it comes to showcasing glitz and glitter, Dubai is always ahead.
Imran Khan's 'true freedom march', that began in Lahore on Friday, October 28, 2022, proved fatal for journalist Sadaf Naeem, who was crushed by the former Pakistan prime minister's container vehicle on Saturday.
Glimpses from the first State dinner at the White House in the Biden administration.
This is the first time in 44 years that Sri Lanka's parliament has directly elected a president.
Women in Surat have come out with a unique way to welcome Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi on his visit to the city for Navratri.
Thousands of travelers began to fly in and out of mainland China as Beijing removed almost all of its border restrictions.
Almost 33 years to the day after his journey to the lunar surface, the inflight coverall jacket, he wore on his mission to the Moon and back in Apollo 11, was sold for $2,772,500 at Sotheby's in New York City.
A Madagascar hissing cockroach is deployed with a 'backpack' of electronics and a solar cell that enable remote control of its movements
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