Pictures
Hats of the Royal Ascot
The Royal Ascot races are a highlight of London's social calendar.
Somali rebels attack UN base
A suicide bomber and gunmen attack the United Nations compound in Mogadishu.
Assange's year at the embassy
Talks between Britain and Ecuador ended with no breakthrough over Julian Assange, nearly a year after the WikiLeaks founder fled to the Ecuadorean embassy in London to avoid extradition to Sweden.
Images of May
Our top photos from the past month, including images of the devastating Oklahoma tornado and a remarkable story of survival amid the rubble of a Bangladesh garment factory. Slideshow
Last days in a Siberian prison
I have never understood such people, the way they think, the way they live.
Poolside floods
When the world in which we are ensconced so happily with all our man-made facilities becomes submerged by dirty water, everything assumes an unreal quality.
Scraping by as a French pensioner
One evening while returning home I came upon a scene that I had never imagined in a country as rich as France - people rummaging through supermarket trash bins looking for food.









