Pictures
Venezuela's toilet paper shortage
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.
Tornadoes tear through Texas
Three tornadoes rip through a stretch of Texas near the Dallas-Fort Worth area, killing six and injuring almost 100.
American Idol finale
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
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.
Images of April
This month twin bomb blasts exploded at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, a garment factory collapsed in Bangladesh, killing more than 400 and Venezuela elected Nicolas Maduro in a close vote. Gallery
Salt caravans of the Danakil Depression
To descend into the Danakil depression is like stepping in another world.
A sheep with an artificial heart – or maybe not
This sounded like a very good reason to leave Beijing for a day and report about such an extraordinary achievement.
A front row seat to aviation history
I was a wide-eyed kid again, thankful that my job as a photographer afforded me access to witness a world-first.









