In Pictures

China has launched its first crewed space mission in five years, sending three astronauts to a new space station.

Different people with different experiences, united in dedication to democratic freedom and fear of going back ‘home’.

A parachutist with ‘Kick Out Oil’ and ‘Greenpeace’ written on his paraglider flew into the stadium in Munich.

Firefighters respond to a large fire at a Chemtool plant, and local officials call for evacuations in the area.

Hundreds tested positive in 2019 after whistle-blower doctor uncovered scandal involving the reuse of needles in Sindh.

The second-largest reservoir in California is at less than half of its average capacity at this time of year.

The 12-year-old remains hopeful despite COVID restrictions putting a temporary halt to her ambitions.

Lake Poopo dried up in 2015 – it used to sustain the livelihoods and culture of the Indigenous community around it.

It had been six years since Valdez said goodbye to her daughter Emely in Honduras.

The root causes of the unrest in mixed Jewish-Palestinian cities in Israel have not been addressed.

As tin reserves on land in Indonesia continue to twindle, miners are turning to the sea.

Warmer weather that should mean safer conditions for scaling Himalayan peaks coincided with a second COVID wave.

Al-Hussein, who lost a leg in a bomb blast in Syria, aims to compete at his second Paralympic Games.

At least 40 people have been killed and more than 120 injured after a train collision in Pakistan’s Sindh province.

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