The night-time ascent is the final highlight of this very Australian pilgrimage, the 230-kilometre Larapinta Trail from the desert city of Alice Springs through the West MacDonnell Range, a mountain ...

For more than 15 years now, Eric James Guillemain has been able to photograph many of the world’s most famous actors. His new book pulls back the curtain to reveal intimate moments that many people ...

Hamas militants have freed six more hostages from the Gaza Strip as part of a ceasefire agreement with Israel. Their release ...

The city of Alto Hospicio, in Chile’s Atacama Desert, is one of the driest places on Earth. And yet its population of 140,000 ...

From space, Mecca appears as a city of light and contrast, with winding roads threading through rugged mountains. The radiant Great Mosque of Mecca and the Kaaba stand at its heart, a spiritual beacon ...

It's not a one-stop solution to water shortages, but it could help supplement other harvesting and conservation methods.

These images from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest show what makes the City of Angels and its next-door neighborhoods ...