Moving, surprising, inspiring, terrifying, shocking... This is a selection of images from our planet, over the past three days.

Climate activists from Just Stop Oil painted over the grave of British naturalist Charles Darwin at London's Westminster Abbey on Monday.

A prominent Tanzanian activist has been released after being "kidnapped" on Sunday by three armed men on the streets of Kenya's capital Nairobi, her husband said, accusing Tanzania's national ...

Tens of thousands of Hindus seeking absolution of their sins immersed themselves on Monday in freezing waters at the confluence of sacred rivers, as India began a six-week festival expected to draw ...

Mediator Qatar gave Israel and Hamas a final draft of a deal to end the war in Gaza on Monday, after a midnight "breakthrough" in talks attended by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's envoy, an ...

Israel plans to use Palestinian tax revenue to settle the PA's debt to Israel Electric Co., withholding funds amid ongoing conflict.

It had taken Robert Fortune years of extensive planning and three months of arduous travel by boat, sedan chair and on foot disguised as a mandarin. His aim was to reach the black tea hills in the ...

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Turn potatoes into a hearty breakfast treat by stuffing potato shells with mashed potato, cheese and onion, served with a rasher of bacon.

Asian shares slipped on Monday while the dollar held near 14-month peaks after an unambiguously strong payrolls report shoved up bond yields and tested lofty equity valuations just as the earnings ...

Chinese and Indian refiners will source more oil from the Middle East, Africa and the Americas, boosting prices and freight costs, as new US sanctions on Russian producers and ships curb supplies to ...

Victims of child sex abuse and exploitation from the reignited UK grooming gang scandal deserve more than to be reduced to political footballs and fodder for social media spats.