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

After a breakdown in US-Russia relations, Riken finds itself ahead of its rivals. And Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ...

LIMAVADY’S Stendhal Festival has just opened its annual performance application process and, as ever, the organisers of the ...

Blue growth rings in woody plant stems indicate years when cells failed to lignify properly due to summers that were too cold ...