Photos: Romania’s annual Dancing Bears Festival to ‘ward off evil spirits’ | In Pictures
Centuries ago, people in what is now northeastern Romania donned bear skins and danced to fend off evil spirits. That custom is today known as the Dancing…
What went right in 2023? Here’s some good news | In Pictures
The past year was dominated by global conflicts that continue to cause devastation, death and despair, deep political divisions and extreme climate events, but it…
Photos: 2023 – a year in pictures | In Pictures
From the Israel-Hamas war to Russia’s grinding battles against Ukraine, 2023 has shown the dangers of armed conflicts breaking out into region-wide combat. It has…
‘Dying every two hours’: Afghan women risk life to give birth | In Pictures News
Zubaida travelled from the rural outskirts of Khost in eastern Afghanistan to give birth at a maternity hospital specialising in complicated cases, fearing a fate…