Moving, surprising, inspiring, terrifying, shocking... This is a selection of images from our planet, over the past three days.

Whirlpools occur when fast-moving and slow-moving tides collide. The Naruto Strait is an ideal location for this phenomenon, ...

Thousands of people marked on Friday the 30th anniversary of an earthquake that claimed more than 6,400 lives and levelled ...

The engineering and design required to make these bridges span vast lengths is breath-taking, particularly when many are also ...

The huge bluefin, which was auctioned in Tokyo, will be served at restaurants across Japan. Ms Itooka lived through two world wars and was credited with a sprightly spirit all her life.

The bodies of two men and one woman were found in a house in Kobe on Thursday in what police believe was a murder-suicide. Police said the woman and one of the men were beaten to death, while the ...

Kobe Bryant was celebrated for being a #girldad. Vanessa Bryant, the mother of four daughters with her late husband Kobe Bryant, is a proud mom. Vanessa Bryant kicked off the New Year by sharing a ...

Russia launched an aerial attack on Ukraine, striking the capital and other regions with multiple missiles and drones KYIV, Ukraine -- Russia launched an aerial attack on Ukraine on Tuesday ...

Satellite imagery captured by Maxar on 31 October shows the scale of the flooding, with the south of the city being the worst affected. Japan's Mount Fuji made headlines this year, after its ...

“When I first saw him, he looked crazy,” Penn State middle linebacker Kobe King said, smiling, when asked about Cousins, who enrolled early. “I was trying to ask him if he wanted to be on ...

Night - Mostly cloudy. Winds W at 6 mph (9.7 kph). The overnight low will be 37 °F (2.8 °C). Cloudy with a high of 48 °F (8.9 °C). Winds variable at 2 to 11 mph (3.2 to 17.7 kph). Partly ...

according to the Japan National Tourism Organization. In May, Fujikawaguchiko, a small town at the base of Mount Fuji, had to erect a large black net to block the view of a popular photo spot ...