The World in Images

A number from the Chinese New Year gala has gone viral: a group of robots performing kung fu.

With elections on the horizon in Hungary, Victor Orban’s party produced a deepfake of a rival candidate who is ahead in the polls

What started as a viral post online turned into a violent revolution on the streets.

Since Trump’s election, images relating to women or minorities have been purged from federal archives.

Kumbh Mela is the largest pilgrimage of the Hindu religion and serves Prime Minister Modi's Hindu nationalist discourse.

Canadian annexation? A Canadian campaign video responds to Donald Trump's provocation.

The QR code has become ubiquitous in just a few years. But what do these little pixelated squares say about our digital civilisation?

Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia cut themselves off from Russian energy in a highly symbolic ceremony.

French footballer Jules Koundé was named Best Dressed of 2023 by the influential London fashion magazine Outlander. Focus on the increasingly fashion-focused players in the French national football team.

Mark Zuckerberg gave his first interview after his U-turn on fact-checking on meta platforms with influential US podcaster Joe Rogan. 

When four Israeli hostages were released by Hamas on 24 January 2025, the release ceremony was a highly controlled piece of propaganda which captured international attention.

Donald Trump Junior in Greenland: political PR stunt or imperialist ambitions?

A vigilante hero for ordinary Americans, Luigi Mangione reveals America’s problems with healthcare insurance.

A symbol of the modernity and dynamism of leaders of the Catholic Church in recent decades: The Popemobile.

The Timothée Chalamet lookalike competition was an internet sensation. What is behind the craze for lookalikes?

A focus on the burgeoning online world of the manosphere where misogyny is widespread.

As YouTube celebrates 20 years, we look at the engaging content of one of France’s most successful youtubers.

In December 2024, as Donald Trump was welcomed into the French presidential palace by Emmanuel Macron, a handshake between the two statesmen almost turned into a wrestling match.

The new Syrian head of state appears for a BBC interview in a suit: a change of ideology or a canny PR move?

When pictures of Kim Jong-un's daughter Ju-ae emerged, they caused a sensation amongst the North Korean public