Sofia Ferreira Santos BBC News Bettmann via Getty Images Foreman exchanging punches with Muhammad Ali in their famous Rumble in the Jungle fight George Foreman, the boxing heavyweight legend, has died aged 76, his family said. Known as Big George in the ring, the American competed for decades starting in the 1960s, winning gold at…
Nandhini Vellaisamy BBC Tamil Sheik Hasan K The students captured labourers at work, including a woman working in a turmeric factory The elderly woman gazes wistfully into the distance, her hands curled over a basket of tobacco, surrounded by the hundreds of cigarettes she has spent hours rolling by hand. The photograph is one of…
We asked our readers to send in their best pictures on the theme of “monochrome”. Here is a selection of the photographs we received from around the world. Martyn Longthorn Martyn Longthorn: “A pelican making a splash.” Ian Maggiore Ian Maggiore: “Early morning frost in my back garden.” Theresa Bennett Theresa Bennett: “To help our…
A selection of the week’s best photos from across the African continent and beyond: Esa Alexander / Reuters A reveller sees the bright side of life at the Cape Town Pride celebration in South Africa on Saturday. Luc Gnago / Reuters Four-year-old Maëlis Kouakou dresses up for Mardi Gras, or Shrove Tuesday, in Abidjan, Ivory…
On the morning of January 7, the first of Los Angeles’ vast wildfires broke out in a forested area near Topanga State Park on the northwest edge of the city. Conditions allowed the blaze to spread very quickly: 100 mph winds, very low humidity, and a landscape primed to burn after months without rainfall together…
Orthodox Christians around the world have been celebrating Christmas by attending church services. While the majority of the Christian world celebrate Christmas Day on 25 December, for many of the world’s 200 million Orthodox Christians, the birth of Jesus Christ is marked on 7 January. This is because they follow the Julian calendar, unlike Christian…
