Colombians paraded on beds on the occasion of "World Lazy Day", a festival organised every year since 1985.

Ukraine's president has accused Moscow of planning to put captured Ukrainian soldiers on trial to coincide with Ukraine's Independence Day this week.

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The military exercises involving potentially tens of thousands of troops come amid increasingly hostile rhetoric and heightened weapons testing activity from Pyongyang.

Tensions are high with hundreds of Khan's supporters reportedly gathering outside his home, after he was charged following official accusations of "hate speech".

Experts in the Czech Republic, the UK and the Netherlands are helping the investigation into the hundreds of tonnes of fish found dead in the Oder River.

Thousands of people paid tribute to San La Muerte, one of Argentina's most beloved and controversial pagan saints.

Officials warned of strong currents and riptides as they issued the highest alert level along the coastline.

PM Lee said the repeal of the old Penal Code entry would be limited and that the government would amend the constitution to ensure that there could be no constitutional challenge to allow same-sex marriage.

51 couples get married on the shores of Lake Titicaca, and perform ancestral Andean rituals of offerings to the Earth.

The 35-year-old who has served in Ukraine's army beat Britain's Anthony Joshua in a highly-anticipated 12-round fight.

Heavy flooding from seasonal rains has killed at least nine people, washed away homes and destroyed livestock and farmland in eastern Afghanistan

The Christian Democrat leader Wopke Hoekstra told Dutch newspaper AD that the government's nitrogen reduction targets are not "sacred", causing a cabinet rift.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that Russia might launch a brutal attack as the country celebrates 31 years of independence.

After almost two hundred years abroad, the heart of Brazil’s first emperor Dom Pedro is crossing the Atlantic to celebrate the bicentenary of its independence.

Alexis Landot climbs the Mercuriales towers in the Paris suburbs.

On 4 September, more than 15 million Chileans will vote on the proposed draft for a new constitution, which, if approved, will turn the country into a full-fledged democracy, according to experts.

Workers at the UK’s largest container port are set to walk out, joining thousands of other across the country striking for better pay.

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It took Somali forces more than 30 hours to contain the fighters who had stormed Mogadishu's Hayat Hotel on Friday evening in an assault leaving at least 21 dead and scores wounded.

The explosion took place on Saturday night as Daria Dugina was returning from a cultural festival she had attended with her father.

Industrial and agricultural hubs in central China suffer as the drought continues and an estimated one million people in rural areas are expected to face drinking water shortages.

The seven suspects were apprehended for photographing weapons depots in two separate incidents in Gramsh and Poliçan.

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From Zelenskyy's warning that Russia might do something 'cruel' in the upcoming days to more US weapons being sent to Ukraine, here are the most important developments you need to know from the weekend.

Despite weeks of high temperatures, Austria's dry ground was unable to absorb heavy flash flooding that fell overnight.

Some 25 ships have carried over 600,000 tons of grain since a deal was brokered between Ukraine and Russia in late July.

Here is our selection of the most striking photographs that hit the headlines this week.

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The third annual Finnish Arctic Tree Hugging Championship took place on August 20, in Levi, Kittilä, Lapland.

The Finnish prime minister has faced days of scrutiny and speculation over videos which emerged of her partying with friends.

Ukraine presents destroyed Russian military equipment as part of an exhibition linked to Independence Day celebrations.

A fire that broke out on Friday 19 August in Ourem, in the district of Santarem, was brought under control according to the authorities on Saturday.

It is not yet clear whether the fall of the government will lead to snap parliamentary elections or if the parties might try to form a new govening coalition.

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Japanese fake food artists are showing off their new creations at a public exhibition in Tokyo.

Gunfire could still be heard early Saturday as security forces tried to contain the last of the attackers.

The Kremlin agreed to a deal allowing UN inspectors access to Europe's largest nuclear power station after a phone call between French President Emmanuel Macron and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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The shooting at a shopping centre in Malmö in southern Sweden on Friday killed one person and wounded another, according to police.

Stay positive – in some places, thanks to some people and some institutions, the world is getting better.

The UK has been gripped by industrial action this summer, with public transport staff staging another walkout over job cuts, pay and working practices on Friday.

A 10-day maintenance shutdown in July had previously raised concerns among European countries, which have been trying for months to diversify their supplies.

Putin agreed that the mission should pass through Ukraine and not Russia, which is what Kyiv and its Western partners want.

Russian state media have claimed that many British families who are hosting Ukrainian refugees now want to kick them out.

Long stigmatised for its illicit use, scientists are now looking at the impact of legally selling cannabis

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A transhumance with sheep to explore the agricultural culture that is on the verge of disappearing in Seine-Saint-Denis, a suburb of Paris.

Medvedev had called on Europeans to "punish" their "stupid" governments for opposing Moscow over its war in Ukraine.