PHOTOS: Birds like you have never seen before

The National Audubon Society has announced the winners of its 2016 photography awards. The society which has dedicated itself to the appreciation of birds, received nearly 7,000 images, to which......

After the quake: Helping children smile in Nepal

‘Music begins to play. And suddenly, an unexpected figure emerges. She has pink hair, green hotpants and an unmistakeable clown nose. Then another one appears, in a multi-coloured jumpsuit,......

These moving pictures on the refugee crisis won the Pulitzer award

The Pulitzer Prize is the highest award in newspaper and online journalism awarded each year in twenty-one categories. Two teams of photographers working for The New York Times and Reuters received......

'You are not alone': Pope brings 3 refugee families from Greece to Rome

Pope Francis transformed the lives of a dozen Syrian refugees on Saturday when he plucked three families from a crowded camp on the Greek island of Lesbos and took them back to Rome.......

Barca help refugee children dream for better future

IMAGE: Refugee children wear Barcelona FC jersey shirts in Mytilene city, on the island of Lesbos, Greece. Photograph: Elias Marcou/Reuters It may not be the Nou Camp, but the charity arm of......

Syrian refugee Mardini a winner in the water at Rio Olympics

- 'It was really amazing and an incredible feeling to compete here in the Olympics and I am happy and glad for that...I'm really happy to be here and to see all of the champions and other swimmers......

Greece lightning strikes out at home

Costas Kenteris's withdrawal from the Athens Olympics on Wednesday over a drugs scandal caps one of the most dramatic rise and falls of modern athletics.The 200 metre runner, dubbed Greece......

Afghan athletes set to make history

Two 17-year-old girls left Afghanistan for Greece on Friday knowing that, win or lose at the Athens Olympics, they will enter the history books.Robina Muqimyar and Fraiba Rezzay realise the odds......