Bollywood puts on different shades of red!
The professional tennis circuit, which requires players to jet around the world, was forced into shutdown in early March as countries went into lockdown and closed their borders to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus.
A state of emergency has been declared in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
Thunberg has been protesting outside the Swedish Parliament every Friday since August 2018 against inaction over climate change.
Here's your weekly digest of photographs that prove that it's a mad, mad, mad world!
The 104-storey building's opening marks an emotional milestone for the United States.
A round-up of our favourite photographs from the week gone by.
In Asia, the last Blue Moon and a total lunar eclipse happened 35 years ago on December 30, 1982.
New York raised the curtain on its new $1.4 billion transit station in lower Manhattan on Sunday, a long-awaited connection between the World Trade Center site and the rest of the city more than 13 years after terrorist attacks ravaged the area.
Tiger Woods should have been trying to keep his Masters green jacket out of the clutches of the world's top golfers over the next four days, instead he will battle his 11-year-old son Charlie for it over putting competitions. The Masters, which Woods won in magical fashion for a fifth time a year ago to claim his first major since 2008, has been postponed until November because of the coronavirus pandemic which has shut down world sport on an unprecedented scale.
Rediff reader Heera Nawaz, 59 shares an incident from her childhood about her elder brother Munna Nawaz, 60.
Here are some of the best photos from around the world in the month gone by.
These models were caught off-duty :)
Fourteen years ago on September 11, terrorists hijacked four passenger planes and targeted the United States, killing 3,000 people in the attacks.
The actor-model became the first celebrity to wear a wedding gown designed by Ralph Lauren.
Daniil Medvedev continued his march towards a first Grand Slam title on Wednesday, powering into the US Open semi-finals with a clinical 7-6(6), 6-3, 7-6(5) victory over childhood friend Andrey Rublev.
Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera was convicted on numerous counts including money laundering, engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise, distribution of heroin and cocaine and other drugs, and illegal arms possession.
There was an explosion in search traffic on Google for terms such as 'emigrate' and 'how to emigrate to Canada' following the announcement of a series of victories in key swing states for the Republican nominee.
The organisers of the US Open said on Thursday a decision on whether to hold the Grand Slam this year amid the coronavirus outbreak will be made in June, and playing it without fans is on the table but highly unlikely. The US Open, which is scheduled to run from August 31 to September 13, is both the largest and loudest of the four Grand Slam events on the tennis calendar and United States Tennis Association (USTA) chief executive Mike Dowse does not anticipate that changing.
'If a handshake happens, you will get to see it. If a pull aside happens, you will get to see it'
Awesome images from the world of Sport 2018.
Second seed Dominic Thiem edged a first-set tiebreak before turning up the heat to romp into the US Open quarter-finals with a resounding 7-6(4), 6-1, 6-1 victory over Canadian youngster Felix Augur-Aliassime at Arthur Ashe Stadium on Monday.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has said that the metropolitan city is the 'epicenter' of the coronavirus crisis in the United States, as government officials announced some of the most stringent measures to slow the spread of the pandemic that has claimed over 200 lives in the country.
Why are people around the world taking their pants off? Read on! :-)
These eight odd photos prove it's a mad, mad world!
A total of over 75 Heads of State and Foreign Ministers will be meeting with Modi, external affairs minister S Jaishankar and minister of state for external affairs V Muraleedharan during the week across various platforms.
Trump attributed the spike in the confirmed cases of coronavirus to the large-scale testing of the deadly disease.
Here are eight images that prove we live in a mad, mad world.
Others on the list include Warren Buffett and Astrid Menks.
Rediff.com brings you images from some zombie events held in Finland, Sydney, Athens, Curitiba, Massachusetts and many other places.
The death of George Floyd -- a 46-year-old Black man -- on May 25 in Minneapolis, United States as he was being detained by four police officers sparked fury across the United States, but has also proven to be the catalyst for anti-racism movements around the world. The killing has spurred millions of people into taking action, with protesters filling the streets and taking to social media. Agora, a photography app company that compiles photographs submitted by its users -- both amateur and professional -- and that runs photography awards to showcase the best submissions has released a series of images taken during the Black Lives Matter movement as part of the company's own #StopRacism campaign.
African-American George Floyd's death on May 25 has sparked civil unrest that has since spread nationwide.
Clear skies helped provide a view of a rare blue moon.
The US President also encouraged Prime Minister Modi to improve relations with Pakistan.
Why keep it boring when you can ring in the New Year in style?
Josephine Skriver drove to see the Northern Lights, where boyfriend Alexander DeLeon proposed.
As 2016 came to an end, countries across the globe rung in the new year. Hello, 2017 -- here we come!
As Trump and Hillary Clinton kicked off the debate at Hofstra University in Long Island to discuss several topics impacting the American people, viewers noticed the businessman's case of the sniffles.
The world celebrates Christmas with great vigour and joy!
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