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19-year-old Indian woman Mehak can be seen standing atop a 100-foot cellular tower in Uttar Pradesh after climbing it to demand marriage to her lover, Nooruddin. —Instagram/BBCUrdu A 19-year-old woman in India's Uttar Pradesh climbed a nearly 100-foot mobile phone tower to insist...

Sitting outside his small shop in a warren of alleyways in the ancient city of Rawalpindi, Ahsan Shakeel buffed an antique brass pot to a high shine, pressing it against a mechanised wheel. "We've removed all the dents, but it still needs polishing," the 72-year-old restorer,...

A visitor walks past the painting "Iris, 1924-1925" by French painter Claude Monet during the presentation of 28 art works from the Schlumberger Collection ahead of the auction at Sotheby's auction house in Paris, France, September 17, 2026. — Reuters Claude Monet's "Iris"...

A Great White shark is pictured in the Eastern North Pacific in this undated handout photograph courtesy of Kevin Weng, University of Hawaii. — Reuters JOHANNESBURG: A woman died on Tuesday after being mauled by a shark while swimming off a popular beach on South...

Screengrab shows iPhones floating in the water after a vessel reportedly met with an incident in the Strait of Hormuz. — X/@Telegraph Iranian fishermen and salvage boat operators recovered hundreds of iPhones, French perfumes, and other imported goods from the Strait of...

The entrance to Shanidar Cave in Iraq's Kurdistan region, a site of important Neanderthal remains, is seen in an undated photograph released on October 15, 2026. — Reuters The bones of a Neanderthal from a cave in Iraq's Kurdistan region offer evidence of both violence and...

The meat-eating dinosaur Invictibellatrix amberina feeds on a mammal while grasping another in its ecosystem alongside other dinosaurs and other kinds of animals on the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom, in the Cretaceous Period around 120 million years ago, in this illustration released on...

Visitors look at Vincent van Gogh's "Chataigniers en fleurs" , on display ahead of its auction in New York, at Sotheby's in Hong Kong, China, October 13, 2026.— Reuters Hundreds of people queued in Hong Kong on Tuesday to view a Vincent van Gogh painting never publicly exhibited in...

Visitors look at an artwork displayed at Art Basel, in Basel, Switzerland, June 17, 2026. — Reuters Wealthy Gen Z collectors spend far more on fine art than purchasers from any other generation, according to a report published on Thursday by Art Basel and Swiss bank...

Attendees take part in a sleep competition organized by a mattress brand in Tokyo on October 5, 2026.— AFP In diligent, exhausted Japan, self-described elite "competitive sleepers" vied to lie down, relax and nap the fastest and deepest in a contest organised by a mattress...

Christa Gail Pike, the only woman on Tennessee's Death Row, is pictured in this 2004 Tennessee Department of Correction booking photograph obtained by Reuters on March 22, 2012.— Reuters Christa Pike, convicted of murdering a schoolmate three decades ago, survived Tennessee's effort...

Dogs enjoys their meal during the Grand Dinner for Dogs. — AFP India's capital goes to the dogs on Wednesday, as voters choose which of the city's chubbiest canines deserves to be crowned its fattest. The "Fat Dogs of Delhi" contest, in the style of Alaska's annual...

A giant panda plays in a tree in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China, December 5, 2025 China sent two giant pandas to the United States on Sunday, state media said, after a Washington summit that was heavy on symbolism and light on major breakthroughs. The pandas' transfer had been...

Doctor shows the objects removed from woman's stomach in India's Andhra Pradesh’s Palnadu district. — Reuters Doctors at a private hospital in southern India were left stunned after they discovered and removed 20 unusual objects, including 14 pens, five wooden...

A Leopardus tilcayo cat, a newly identified species through research led by National Geographic Explorer Paola Nogales Ascarrunz, walks at the Senda Verde animal refuge in the Yungas region, Bolivia, September 1, 2026. — Reuters A diminutive wild cat that inhabits Bolivia's...

Data from Nasa's Magellan spacecraft and Pioneer Venus Orbiter is used in an undated composite image of the planet Venus. — Reuters A California-based astrophysicist presented a new theory on Monday to explain why Venus, the ​planet most like Earth in size, mass and structure,...

Nepal Police officers assist Chandika Kumari Shrestha after she was rescued alive from a damaged house following deadly flash floods and mudslides, in Betrawati in Nuwakot district, Nepal, September 5, 2026. — Reuters Believing she had perished in Nepal's deadly floods,...

George Lucas, the legendary creator of the "Star Wars" saga, on Wednesday showcased his long-awaited Museum of Narrative Art, the culmination of nearly two decades of work and numerous obstacles. An aerial view of the new Lucas Museum of Narrative Art before a media preview...

A Philippine couple tied the knot on Tuesday at a Catholic church swamped in hip-deep waters, as heavy rains have pummelled large parts of the country for a month. Clutching a bouquet of white blooms and clad in an off-shoulder white gown, Leian Lieza Galang gingerly waded into...

A bear stands on a tree in a residential area in Denver, Colorado, US, August 23, 2026. — Reuters Matt Errico was sitting on the toilet when he heard noises in his Colorado home. The roofer got up and found two young bears about the size of golden retrievers standing in his...