The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.

Crowds packed pavements lined with a heavy police presence as the hearse carrying Abe departed from a central Tokyo temple after his private funeral.

Banks froze customers accounts after the biggest collusion case int eh nation’s history.

Foreign Minister Penny Wong has made another pitch for unity as Pacific leaders gather for talks in Fiji.

Boris Johnson’s three years of power will leave no lasting legacy. Except perhaps one that he will never bring himself to acknowledge.

The first in a series of images to be released from NASA’s new $15 billion telescope takes humanity closer to the dawn of the universe and the edge of the cosmos.

Whether it’s the colour of the road markings, the signage or the colour of dirt, the world’s best only need a tenth of a second to tell you if they are looking at Texas or Tasmania.

One of the Conservative Party leadership candidates decried “poisonous gossip” and “attack memos” delivered over the weekend.

The New York Department of Emergency Management has released a video explaining what to do in the event of a nuclear strike.

Ukraine says the simplified citizenship process aims to legitimise Putin’s invasion and set up the annexation of more territory, as missiles continue to hit civilian structures.

The first colour image from NASA's James Webb Telescope has been unveiled at the White House.

The Faroe Islands have sets quota of 500 dolphins to be killed in the controversial annual whale hunt.

London has experienced unusually warm weather ahead of what is predicted to be an 'extremely' hot weekend.

In a new documentary, Olympic champion Mo Farah reveals he was brought into Britain illegally under the name of another child.

Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles has used his first post-election trip to the US to warn that both countries must lift their games in the Indo-Pacific.

Aotearoa has become fearful, negative and inward, says Christopher Luxon – the man vying to oust Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.

Assassinated former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe wanted his country to abandon its constitutional renunciation of its right to make war. Election results over the weekend made that much more likely.

The protesters blame President Gotabaya Rajapaksa for an unprecedented economic meltdown.

The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.

Many farmers in Ukraine are facing bankruptcy as transport costs soar, while they remain unable to ship their grain to cover costs.