Women worship the Sun god in the polluted waters of the river Yamuna during the Hindu festival of Chatth Puja Photo Read More » Share Twitter
A wild elephant stops a car in Khao Yai National Park. The driver escaped unhurt Photo Read More » Share Twitter
The town crier Tony Appleton stands in front of a digital screen as it displays the new Liberal Democrat election campaign slogan on the back of a van outside the Houses of Parliament Photo Read More » Share Twitter
Tourists climb Uluru, formerly known as Ayers Rock, on the last day before permanent closure of the trail Photo Read More » Share Twitter
The British astronaut Tim Peake has led a groundbreaking project to turn off all of a village’s lights to capture the celestial beauty of the cosmos using just a mobile phone at Star in west Wales. Research from Google Pixel 4 has shown that those living in Wales are the least likely to look up at the night sky compared with other regions in the UK Photo Read More » Share Twitter
A boy removes oil spilled on Itapuama beach, in the city of Cabo de Santo Agostinho. Large patches of oil started appearing in early September in north-eastern Brazil and have now turned up along a 1,100-mile (2,000 km) stretch of the Atlantic coastline. The source remains a mystery, despite President Jair Bolsonaro’s assertions they came from outside the country and were possibly the work of criminals Photo Read More » Share Twitter