Editor's Choice - 18 May 2013

Our best photos from the last 24 hours.

M23 rebel training
Fri, May 17 2013

Training new recruits to Congo's M23 insurgent group.

Photos of the week
Fri, May 17 2013

Our top photos from the past week.

Venezuela's toilet paper shortage
Fri, May 17 2013

Supplies of food and other basic products have been patchy in recent months, with long lines forming at supermarkets and rushes occurring when there is news of a new stock arrival.

Best of Cannes
Fri, May 17 2013

Style and scenes from the Cannes Film Festival.

Tornadoes tear through Texas
Fri, May 17 2013

Three tornadoes rip through a stretch of Texas near the Dallas-Fort Worth area, killing six and injuring almost 100.

American Idol finale
Fri, May 17 2013

Candice Glover, a soul singer from rural South Carolina, was named "American Idol", becoming the first female singer to win the television singing competition since 2007.

Ethiopia's ancient salt trails
Fri, May 17 2013

For centuries merchants have travelled to Ethiopia’s Danakil Depression, one of the hottest and harshest environments on earth, to collect salt from the surface of the vast desert basin.

Toronto mayor Rob Ford's woes
Fri, May 17 2013

A look at Toronto's controversial mayor Rob Ford.

Obama's second term
Fri, May 17 2013

A look at Barack Obama during the second term of his presidency.

Joining the Russian Army
Thu, May 16 2013

Russian conscripts serve a term of 12 months.

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Salt caravans of the Danakil Depression

17 May 2013

To descend into the Danakil depression is like stepping in another world.

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A sheep with an artificial heart – or maybe not

16 May 2013

This sounded like a very good reason to leave Beijing for a day and report about such an extraordinary achievement.

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A front row seat to aviation history

16 May 2013

I was a wide-eyed kid again, thankful that my job as a photographer afforded me access to witness a world-first.

Weekly Gallery Showcase

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Death in the murder capital

Inside the most violent city in the world.   Slideshow 

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World Trade Center rising

The spire rises to its full height of 1,776 feet.   Slideshow 

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India's missing daughters

Hundreds of girls go missing in Delhi every year.  Slideshow 

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North Dakota booming

Now the biggest oil-producing state after Texas.  Slideshow