CNN Site Map (Galleries) for July - 2015
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- 2015-07-31Lessons from an African safari
- 2015-07-31Thomas lays his head on his brand-new bed in 2010. He was 2½ years old when a bus driver found him wandering alone in the streets of Queens, New York. Shortly after that, full custody was given to his father, Glen Falk. The following photos were taken by
- 2015-07-31In little more than a decade, Sarah Palin rose from city councilwoman to Alaska's youngest governor and the first female vice presidential nominee in GOP history. Click through to see headlines made by Palin and her family since they entered the nati
- 2015-07-31Mackenzie Davis plays one of two female computer programmers on the AMC series "Halt and Catch Fire." She's one of the latest women in computer science portrayed on-screen.
- 2015-07-31On the northwestern tip of Wales, Holy Island has beautiful coves, ripe for a wild swimming adventure. Holyhead Mountain is a heathery moor with 360-degree views into the Irish Sea and Welsh peaks of Snowdonia.
- 2015-07-31French police officers carry a piece of plane debris that was found on Reunion, a remote island in the Indian Ocean, on Wednesday, July 29. An international team of aviation experts is trying to determine whether the airplane part came from Malaysia Airli
- 2015-07-31A stabbing victim receives assistance at a gay pride parade in Jerusalem after police say an Orthodox Jew stabbed six people Thursday, July 30. Two of the victims were injured seriously, Israeli police spokeswoman Luba Samri said. The suspect, Yishai Shl
- 2015-07-31Pro-surfer Peter Drouyn has been living life as Westerly Windina for the last ten years.
- 2015-07-31The ploughshare tortoise is the world's most endangered tortoise. Experts estimate there are likely fewer than 200 left in the wild.
- 2015-07-31A hotel in Maine is offering guests the chance to stay in a crypt that was once home to the body of a Catholic priest who died more than 100 years ago. It comes with a custom-built coffin big enough for two, just in case guests aren't brave enough to
- 2015-07-31An Orthodox Jew stabs a woman in the back with a knife during a gay pride parade in Jerusalem on Thursday, July 30. Six people were stabbed, and two of those were injured seriously, Israeli police spokeswoman Luba Samri said. The suspect, Yishai Shlissel,
- 2015-07-30Kevin Yuen, Linda Donoghue and Sophia Chesrow spent 30 hours observing caregivers at the New England Center for Children, a school for aggressive, high-risk children with autism. The teachers often wear protective padding clothing that is uncomfortable an
- 2015-07-30The port city of Aden, Yemen, has been under siege since March, when Houthi rebels forced out President Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi. This photo shows the Crater district of Aden, which has dwindling food supplies and no running water. Photographer Guillaume Bi
- 2015-07-30We are fascinated with mobsters and those affected by them, both in real life and on screen. "There's the reality of organized crime that nobody is in love with, and there's the mythologized version that everyone is in love with," said
- 2015-07-30There is still no way to know for sure why Flight MH370 ended, but we are learning more about the lives of those on board. CNN is remembering them through snapshots shared with us.
- 2015-07-30There is still no way to know for sure why Flight 370 ended, but we are learning more about the lives of those on board. CNN is remembering them through snapshots shared with us.
- 2015-07-30A new permanent gallery at Singapore's Asian Civilizations Museum traces 1,000 years of religious art and symbolism, charting the rise of Buddhism across the continent.
In this sandstone piece, the bare-breasted, bejeweled figures are nature spirit
- 2015-07-30Scientists have uncovered the remains of four leaders of the Jamestown settlement in Virginia, which was the first permanent English settlement in the British New World. Excavators found the first Anglican minister of the settlement, an explorer and relat
- 2015-07-30CNN anchor Brooke Baldwin recently visited a Maasai village in Kenya's Masai Mara. She was greeted with a traditional Maasai warrior song followed by a walk around the village to see the cattle and goats (the village's currency) and women's
- 2015-07-30There will always be mistakes on the path to business success. But the trick is to dodge the small stuff and focus on the bigger picture. From Ory Okolloh and Erik Hersman to Mo Abudu and Adama Paris, CNN speaks to some of Africa's top entrepreneurs
- 2015-07-30The college dropout who started a tech company that went global within a year. It's a story familiar with many a Hollywood biopic. It's also what happened to Trent Pike (pictured left), co-director of instaLens, a South African startup responsib
- 2015-07-30Exploding Kittens is the most backed crowd-funding campaign in history, with over 200,000 backers.
- 2015-07-30Google Street View has arrived in Mongolia, dispatching its portable Trekker to capture the annual Naadam Festival. Trekker operator Ariantuul (pictured) has climbed Mongolia's 1,600-meter Khar Zurkh Uul mountain with the 18-kilogram (40 pounds) cont
- 2015-07-29Yes, "Titanic" is scheduled to leave Netflix in August, but there's still plenty of other cool things to watch, including "Doctor Who" season 8. Here's just few of the movies, shows, specials and documentaries streaming in th
- 2015-07-29Oh, no! Will Superman's secret be broadcast to the world? In the new "Superman" comic, out July 29, Lois Lane figures out who's behind Clark Kent's glasses. It's a curious turn for the legendary comic -- and it's not the
- 2015-07-29Most people falsely think of progress as linear, a steady journey up a 45-degree incline over time and effort, but that's usually not the case.
- 2015-07-29Stars of the new comedy "Vacation" take a selfie together at the film's premiere in Westwood, California, on Monday, July 27. From right are Ed Helms, Chris Hemsworth, Skyler Gisondo, Steele Stebbins, Christina Applegate, Beverly D'Ang
- 2015-07-29American dentist Walter Palmer was vilified online after it emerged he was the hunter behind the killing of Cecil the lion in Zimbabwe. Twitter users called for him to be shot and skinned after the famous lion was found dead after an alleged 40-hour hunt.
- 2015-07-29Juliana's is No. 1 on TripAdvisor's list of America's top 10 pizzerias. The travel site looked at the quality and quantity of user reviews to come up with the rankings.
- 2015-07-29Actor Mitchel Musso (left) poses with Rick Thomas and Chaos the tiger at the 2007 World Magic Awards held at the Barker hanger on October 13, 2007 in Santa Monica, California.
- 2015-07-29Tim Gress, 52, feeds Kali, a Bengal tiger, at the Augusta Conservation Education sanctuary in Augusta, Georgia, U.S. He rescued the big cat 15 years ago from a breeder who abandoned its mother in unsanitary conditions.
- 2015-07-29Some airlines are working to make in-flight meals more enjoyable for both children and adults. Last year South American airline, LATAM, served more than 30,000 kids' meals that were "free of excess fat and high calories," says LATAM's
- 2015-07-29Mom shares photos of her severely sunburn children
- 2015-07-28A local sits in the shade while hanging out at "The World of Fantasy," a state-run amusement park in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. Photographer Hana Jakrlova visited the park a few months ago.
- 2015-07-28John Walker ran a father and son spy ring, passing classified material to the Soviet Union from 1967 to 1985. Walker was a Navy communication specialist with financial difficulties when he walked into the Soviet Embassy and sold a piece of cyphering equip
- 2015-07-28John Fitzgerald Kennedy and his fiancée, Jacqueline Lee Bouvier, playing tennis in 1953. They were one of history's power couples, a dashing Democrat and an elegant wife. They were both from influential families and became superstars before he entere
- 2015-07-28President Barack Obama delivers a speech to the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Tuesday, July 28. Obama is the first American leader to visit Ethiopia, Africa's second-most populous nation. The visit follows a brief trip to Kenya, Obama&ap
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- 2015-07-28Cinemas like this one in Northampton, Pennsylvania, were once a town's main attraction, offering some much needed reprise during the Depression of the 1920s and 1930s.
But now, while many of them are still open, they are glittering shadows of their
- 2015-07-28The 180-meter 'Tour Triangle' is the first skyscraper to be built in Paris since 1973.
- 2015-07-28The MileHi app lets you find and message passengers by their flight numbers, letting you connect with other travelers -- maybe even the person you're sitting next to when you're airborne.
- 2015-07-28Boats, including a container ship, cross the new waterway of the Suez Canal on July 25, 2015, in the Egyptian port city of Ismailia, east of Cairo. Egypt started the first trial run of its "new Suez canal," officials said, ahead of the new shipp
- 2015-07-28Best known for its Pierre Jourdan sparkling wines, Haute Cabriere's restaurant offers fine dining inside a spacious cellar carved out of the Franschhoek Mountain.
- 2015-07-28Think you don't have time to exercise? Try involving the whole family. If you have a driveway, sidewalk, small playground or park, you have enough space. Click through the gallery for a sample workout with Dana Santas, her husband, Donovan, and 6-yea
- 2015-07-28Two people were killed and nine wounded on July 23 when John Russell Houser opened fire in a theater before killing himself, according to police. This is the Church of the Assumption before the funeral of Mayci Breaux, on Monday, July 27, in Franklin, Lou
- 2015-07-27 The U.S. military frequently announces the deaths of "key" terrorist leaders in drone strikes and special ops, but more emerge to take their places. CNN looks at some of the most wanted -- and others who have been killed. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi,
- 2015-07-27Eating raw or undercooked shellfish, such as oysters, is probably the best known way to get hepatitis A. Click through the gallery to learn about other foods associated with viruses:
- 2015-07-27Sahra left Somalia when she was a young teenager. She now lives in Germany, where she has applied for asylum.
- 2015-07-27Aviation enthusiasts got a taste of early air travel last week in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The event offered short flights aboard a pair of Ford Tri-Motors built in the 1920s. The Tri-Motor is known as the first all-metal, multi-engine commercial airliner. Cli
- 2015-07-27Vice President Dick Cheney (right) talks with his chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, on September 11, 2001, the day of the terrorist attacks. More than 350 images of Cheney and other Bush administration officials taken that day were rele
- 2015-07-27An image of four people who police say have confessed to their role in the murder of 10-year-old Jivan Kohar in Nepal. A fifth man, Kodai Harijan, also admitted he took part in the crime. He said he was told by a shaman (seen far right) that the sacrifice
- 2015-07-27"My employer would bang my head on the wall and she would throw hot water on me. She would burn my skin with cigarettes. She said this was the punishment for my sins." Beth said she was sold by her sister to a couple in Manila when she was 10. S
- 2015-07-27"Paging Mr. Herman. Mr. Herman, you have a telephone call at the front desk."
Paul Reubens developed the character of Pee-wee Herman onstage and brought him to the big screen in 1985 with "Pee-wee's Big Adventure." Thus began a
- 2015-07-27In the center of Guilin in China's southern Guangxi Province, Jingjiang Princes' City has a history stretching back to the late 14th century, older than the Forbidden City in Beijing. Chengyun Gate (pictured) now acts as the main entrance to Jin
- 2015-07-26The carcass of a 17-foot whale washed up on Jones Beach in Plymouth, Massachusetts, Friday, July 24, 2015.
- 2015-07-26Comedy Central's "The Daily Show," with longtime host Jon Stewart, has produced many correspondents who have gone on to bigger things. Here's a look at some of the show's more prominent alumni.
- 2015-07-26Jordan Peele and Keegan-Michael Key: "When we work together, everything comes out alright." The book 'Funny Business' is the culmination of a seven-year quest by photographer Seth Olenick to photograph well-known and up-and-coming star
- 2015-07-26The mother of Sandra Bland, Geneva Reed-Veal, center, and sister Shavon Bland mourn at the gravesite during the funeral at Mount Glenwood Memory Gardens West cemetery, on Saturday, July 25, in Willow Springs, Illinois. Bland was arrested on July 10 for al
- 2015-07-24A plastic bag rests over a bush in the Bolivian Altiplano plateau. Photographer Eduardo Leal found this to be common in the region.
- 2015-07-24Auma Obama runs an organization in Kogelo, Kenya, aimed at encouraging young people to lift themselves out of poverty.
- 2015-07-24In addition to these aquarium visitors getting a shower from a beluga whale, CNN's roundup of this week's top photography includes a new portrait of the Earth and a group of Santas enjoying a Danish beach. Click through to see more of CNN's
- 2015-07-24The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 prohibited discrimination based on disability. That landmark legislation, passed 25 years ago this month, changed American society to be more accessible and inclusive. Here's a look at some of the law'
- 2015-07-24After a journey toward marriage equality, couples across the nation are now able to make their love and commitment legal and have just begun to celebrate. For many, the road that led to the Supreme Court ruling was long and hard fought, which makes the ce
- 2015-07-24Le Domaine de Muy is a new sculpture park in the South of France featuring 34 large-scale sculptures from established and emerging artists. This installation is the work of Italian artist Gianni Motti.
- 2015-07-24Dr. Tang Juyu, left, of the Xiangya Hospital in Changsha, in central China, led a surgical team that grafted a patient's severed hand to his leg. The patient, an industrial worker identified as Mr. Zhou, are shown following the grafting operation.
- 2015-07-242016ers' foreign policy credentials
- 2015-07-24Colleen Covino was born with Spina Bifida and her husband, Christopher Blaise, was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis a few years ago. After enduring a lifelong disability, Colleen is helping her husband learn how to navigate life with MS. Click through ou
- 2015-07-24The Experimental Aircraft Association AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, draws an estimated half-million people and 10,000 aircraft every year. Click through to see the highlights from 2015.
- 2015-07-24Nicholas Sisk, 10, bows his head at a makeshift memorial outside a military recruiting center in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on Tuesday, July 21. Authorities say Mohammad Youssuf Abdulazeez, 24, opened fire on the recruiting station on July 16 before moving t
- 2015-07-24Singaporean photographer Aram Pan toured North Korea and captured amazing 360-degree images. This shot shows the cockpit of an Air Koryo Ilyushin Il-18. Here's a 360-degree virtual tour of the plane.
- 2015-07-24Globally, 2 billion people eat insects regularly, but Western consumers have been resistant. Will creative marketing break their habits?
- 2015-07-24This is Dita Pepe. She's the one in the bridal gown. Except this is not her wedding, and this is not her family.
Click on the right side of the picture or on the arrows below to uncover the story.
- 2015-07-24Cheese obsessive Phillip Wilton left his job as a management consultant to launch a mico-dairy in North London called Wildes Cheese. His cheese have quirky names, like 'the drunk one', but have won awards for quality.
- 2015-07-24There was a time before Henry Ford became Henry Ford, an industrialist so well-known that his name was synonymous with consumerism and efficiency in Aldous Huxley's satirical novel "Brave New World." On July 23, 1903, his new Ford Motor Co.
- 2015-07-24Steadman's original version of this image appeared as an illustration to Hunter S. Thompson's book "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" in 1972. Thompson's signature can be seen bottom left, one of the few pieces of Steadman's wo
- 2015-07-24At Nairobi's Giraffe Manor hotel, you can get up close to giraffes, warthogs, dik diks, birds and bushbuck.
- 2015-07-24Law enforcement personnel stand near a police line at The Grand Theatre following a deadly shooting in Lafayette, Louisiana, on Thursday, July 23. The shooter in the Lafayette movie theater shooting died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound according to Loui
- 2015-07-24From mountains of flavored shaved ice to chicken cutlets as big as your face, Taiwanese eating always comes with superlatives. Starting with one of our favorites -- according to a popular Taiwanese saying, "Where there's a wisp of smoke, there&a
- 2015-07-23Fourteen years after traveling to Kenya for the first time, Barack Obama received a warm welcome when he and his family visited in August 2006.
- 2015-07-23We all know the First Family: POTUS, FLOTUS, Sasha and Malia. But what about the president's extended Kenyan family? Swipe through the gallery and learn more about the Obamas you didn't know, to whom the 44th President of the United States is si
- 2015-07-23An FBI investigator works outside a military recruiting center where a gunman opened fire Thursday, July 16, in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Authorities say Mohammad Youssuf Abdulazeez, 24, opened fire first on the recruiting station and then moved to a U.S. N
- 2015-07-23After Heather McManamy found out she had terminal cancer, she wrote dozens of greeting cards to last a lifetime for her 4-year-old daughter Brianna.
- 2015-07-23The Palestinian village of Susiya sits in a dusty valley in the southern West Bank, near an Israeli settlement of the same name.
- 2015-07-23Oscar the sea turtle was a frequent visitor near the dock in Thailand where Grant Stirton's tour company stored their boat. Stirton jumped in the water to snap the turtle's portrait.
- 2015-07-23Buckwheat honey is better than cough syrup for nocturnal cough in kids, experts say.
- 2015-07-23Hundreds gather Thursday, July 23, for the funeral procession of Emmanuel Ndere Yimana, an opposition supporter slain the day before in Bujumbura, Burundi. The Associated Press said Yimana is thought to be another victim of violence targeting those oppose
- 2015-07-23Tourists who want to stay in unusual New York digs can rent parked vans via an Airbnb host named Jonathan.
- 2015-07-23This image of Earth was taken by NASA's Deep Space Climate Observatory satellite on July 6, 2015. The satellite was launched on February 11, 2015, and was 1 million miles (1.6 million kilometers) from Earth at the time of the photo. NASA says it mark
- 2015-07-23You've survived the cultural phenomena that were the first and second "Sharknado" movies without a bite. Ian Ziering and Tara Reid returned with the Syfy channel's "Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!" on Wednesday, July 22. Click throu
- 2015-07-23The Cine Impala in Namibe -- a 600-person theatre, designed by architects Botelho Pereira in 1972 -- takes its name from the African antelope, which is a symbol of the city.
All photography: Walter Fernandes/Goethe-Institut Angola
- 2015-07-23Posters with the image of Barack Obama are offered for sale to motorists in Nairobi, ahead of the U.S. president's visit to Kenya.
- 2015-07-23Edo Bertoglio's new book, "New York Polaroids 1976-1989," chronicles his life in New York's artist community. This shot of Debbie Harry was taken in 1979, one year after the punk singer's band had released its breakthrough "P
- 2015-07-23British car maker Morgan Motors has been in business for 106 years, and its cars retain a vintage look.
- 2015-07-23Andre Vicente Goncalves, 28, has photographed more than 3,600 windows across Europe. He collects images from the same town or city to create stunning composite images.
- 2015-07-23People sunbathe en masse at Levante Beach in Benidorm, Spain, on July 22, 2015. Spain has set a new record for tourists, with 29.2 million visitors in the first half of 2015 -- a 4.2% increase from the same period in 2014 -- according to figures from tour
- 2015-07-23A new animal terminal is under construction at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport. The ARK at JFK will include a Paradise 4 Paws pet resort featuring a bone-shaped swimming pool for dogs.
- 2015-07-22Steve Bandoma studied at the Academie des Beaux-Arts in Kinshasa before co-founding the avant-garde collective, Librisme Synergie. Bandoma's painting-collage hybrids reflect the energy and violence of the contemporary world. (Pictured: Je suis jeune,
- 2015-07-22Israel Defense Forces took CNN correspondent Oren Liebermann into an elaborate Palestinian tunnel.
- 2015-07-22Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump poses with Emma Nozell, left, and her sister Addy on Friday, July 17. The teenagers from Merrimack, New Hampshire, are on a mission to take a selfie with every presidential candidate this summer. They've
- 2015-07-22Located on a private island just off the mainland, Silver Island Yoga is an exclusive retreat that requires its guests to return to the simple life.
- 2015-07-22Pakistanis wade through rainwater following heavy monsoon rains in Lahore, Pakistan, on July 21, 2015. This week's flash floods triggered by showers in northern Pakistan have killed at least two people. The Provincial Disaster Management Authority sa
- 2015-07-22This cannon that was on a Confederate ironclad in Savannah, Georgia, was above the surface for the first time in 150 years on Tuesday, July 21, 2015. It was being raised along with other artifacts as part of a channel deepening project.
- 2015-07-22Rise and shine! It was a bitterly cold Thursday morning in Atlanta in early 2012 as those waiting to audition for the ninth season of Fox's "So You Think You Can Dance" stood in line in near freezing temperatures.
- 2015-07-22"I'm not sure what all the fuss is about." -- Stephanie T., Rohnert Park, California
- 2015-07-21A lovable dino is the star of Disney-Pixar's "The Good Dinosaur," which takes place in a world where dinosaurs never went extinct. Click through for more movie dinosaurs.
- 2015-07-21Near the village of Bouzincourt, France, are underground caves where soldiers spent time during the 1916 Battle of the Somme. Some left inscriptions to mark their presence.
- 2015-07-21Jada Pinkett Smith is on a mission to educate the public about human trafficking in the United States. In partnership with CNN, Pinkett Smith is getting to the root cause of this heinous crime. She's exposing a growing billion-dollar industry, throu
- 2015-07-21The nominees are in for the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards; here are some of the biggies. Video of the year: Beyoncé (pictured), "7/11"; Ed Sheeran, "Thinking Out Loud"; Taylor Swift feat. Kendrick Lamar, "Bad Blood"; Mark Rons
- 2015-07-21McDonald's restaurants around the world adapt local dishes to the regular menu of Big Macs and fries. The McAloo Tikki sandwich, at McDonald's India, appeals to the country's large vegetarian population with a potato and peas patty, onions
- 2015-07-21Aboriginal culture dates as far back as 80,000 years, but modern canvas works are finding popularity with international buyers. Pictured, "Marrapinti" by Naata Nungurrayi. Her work often hints at sacred women's ceremonial sites, their danci
- 2015-07-21"If you must have something more "traditional" at McD's, opt for a regular burger patty and swap out the fries for a side salad with low fat vinaigrette dressing. Otherwise, I'd choose the Premium Southwest Salad with Grilled Chic
- 2015-07-21Mostar is one of Bosnia and Herzegovina's most spectacular cities. The iconic Stari Most (Old Bridge) sits among Ottoman-era architecture. Destroyed in the 1990s, it has since been rebuilt and is sometimes used as a spot for thrill-seekers to jump in
- 2015-07-21Monument Valley on the Arizona-Utah border is known for its sandstone formations and vast desert views. Toby Dingle captured this lightning strike in September 2013. Click to see some amazing lightning photos from the past few years.
- 2015-07-21New York faces increasing threats from hurricanes, storms and flooding. A new $335 million project is being implemented to disaster-proof the metropolis.
- 2015-07-21You've heard of peanut and pollen allergies, and shampoos that make your skin break out in hives. But almost anything in your environment can be an allergen, says Dr. Matthew Zirwas, a contact dermatitis expert at Ohio State's Wexner Medical Cen
- 2015-07-21Forensic teams and police officers work at the site of a bomb attack in Suruc, Turkey, on Monday, July 20. More than 30 people were killed and at least 100 others were wounded in what Turkish officials called a terrorist attack.
- 2015-07-21Gazing across Astana's space-age skyline, you'd be forgiven for thinking you'd stumbled across a sci-fi version of planet Earth.
With sleek and surreal buildings affectionately nicknamed "The Flying Saucer," "Lollypop,"
- 2015-07-21In 2014, China's leaders called for less "weird architecture to be built in the country. But Chinese architects and their clients are still being bold and ambitious. NetDragon, an online game developer run by an avid "Star Trek" fan, b
- 2015-07-21Shanghai ghetto: Wartime refuge for Jewish refugees
- 2015-07-21Pinnacle National Park's 32 miles of trail are filled with bizarre rock spires and charming wildflowers, which are pollinated by 400 species of bees.
- 2015-07-20Dignitaries applaud as the Cuban flag is raised over a reopened embassy in Washington on Monday, July 20. The symbolic move signals the start of a new era in U.S.-Cuba relations, and it came on the same day the U.S. Embassy opened in Havana, Cuba.
- 2015-07-20A visitor to Berlin's Pergamon Museum admires the reconstructed Ishtar Gate from Babylon, Iraq. The creatures shown on the gate come from hundreds of thousands of fragments that were found by a German archaeological expedition in Babylon from 1899 un
- 2015-07-20Wan Fam Clothing is transforming traditional wear into urban chic.
- 2015-07-20David Bailey's new book, Tears & Tears, released this September, revisits some of his most famous portraits, but presents the unseen, half-formed story behind...
- 2015-07-20The 40-square-kilometer Koh Libong is Trang's biggest island. It's home to one of Thailand's last wild dugong populations.
- 2015-07-19Bruce Springsteen performs in Seville, Spain, in May 2012.
- 2015-07-19A surfing competition in South Africa was canceled Sunday after championship surfer Mick Fanning escaped a shark attack in the opening minutes of the final heat. Fanning escaped with a severed leash on his surfboard. He told World Surf League TV that he &
- 2015-07-17CNN's roundup of this week's top photography ranges from a swimming elephant to a close-up look at Pluto. From 1,000-year-old mummies to the opening day of Disneyland, explore CNN's best photo galleries from this week. Each slide links out
- 2015-07-17David, a 63-year-old from Hull, Massachusetts, is one of the subjects featured in "To survive on this shore," a collaboration between photographer Jess T. Dugan and social worker Vanessa Fabbre. The project focuses on transgender and gender-vari
- 2015-07-17Billionaire's Beach in Malibu is home to the rich and famous. And unless you were one of its 70-plus homeowners, it also has been one of the most difficult beaches to reach in California -- until now. After years in court, conservationists finally op
- 2015-07-17Argentinian Martin de Pasquale was just one year old when Photoshop was born into the world. But today -- on the image editing software's 25th birthday -- he's one of the finest surreal image-creators out there.
- 2015-07-17Retreats at Cowgirl Yoga include daily yoga sessions as well as time spent riding horses. Yoga provides the tools to be prepared to handle "whatever it is that comes your way," says company owner, Margaret Burns Vap.
- 2015-07-17In 2010, researcher Alexandra Swanson set up 225 camera traps across the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania.
- 2015-07-17Cody Walker, Paul Walker's brother, is following in his older sibling's footsteps by becoming a movie actor. Cody Walker was a stand-in for his brother, who died in an auto accident, in "Furious 7." Click through to see more Hollywood
- 2015-07-17A treasured memory: Kim Manlove and his son, David, in the late 1980s. David died in 2001 at the age of 16, in a drug-related drowning.
- 2015-07-17Judges for the 2015 RIBA Sterling Prize have revealed the six buildings shortlisted for this year's award, to be announced on 15 October.
While past contenders for the UK's top prize in architecture have included Renzo Piano's shard build
- 2015-07-17Huis Ten Bosch, a theme park in Japan, has built a hotel staffed by human-like robots, including porter-bots and reception-bots.
- 2015-07-17Photographer Carl Warner creates edible landscapes by using food as an art material. The advantages? There's a vast choice of ingredients in terms of shapes, textures and colors, he says. The disadvantage is that the items perish easily, especially u
- 2015-07-17Muslims pray ahead of Eid ul-Fitr celebrations at Mecca Masjid in Hyderabad, India, on Friday, July 17. For the world's Muslims, the festival of Eid is a perfect conclusion to Ramadan -- the monthlong period of fasting and contemplation practiced by
- 2015-07-17The Pirelli Calendar, known for its racy shots of top models captured by some of the world's best photographers, is turning 50 and it's celebrating with a new retrospective book showcasing the images that made it famous.
British Photographe
- 2015-07-17Kenya is one of the largest tea producers in the world, trailing behind China and India. According to The Tea of Board of Kenya, exports have quadrupled in the past decade after disastrous droughts saw crops falter in 2006. Locals enjoy their tea with mil
- 2015-07-17Annette Tombaugh Sitze, daughter of Pluto discoverer Clyde Tombaugh, watches images of the dwarf planet during a NASA news conference in Laurel, Maryland, on Wednesday, July 15. NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is the first to explore Pluto and its moo
- 2015-07-17Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan is the only place in the world offering flights to space for private individuals. Space tourists, such as Guy Laliberte, the Canadian founder of Cirque du Soleil (left), can visit the International Space Station with two
- 2015-07-17Ukrainian security forces patrol in the village of Bobrovyshche on July 14, 2015. More than 6,400 people have been killed in the conflict in Ukraine since April 2014, the United Nations says.
- 2015-07-17Walking tours of Pope Francis' old stomping grounds are offered in Flores, Argentina. The first stop on the tour is the Basilica de San José.
- 2015-07-17An illustration by artist Chuang Zhao of the Zhenyuanlong, a newly-discovered large, short-armed, winged dinosaur.
- 2015-07-16Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant, center, warms up before an NBA basketball game against the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday, December 9, in Los Angeles. The team wore "I Can't Breathe" shirts during warm-ups in support of the family of Eri
- 2015-07-16Dr. Sanjay Gupta, left, a neurosurgeon and CNN's chief medical correspondent, helps operate on a girl in a hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Monday, April 27. The injured have flooded Kathmandu's overstretched hospitals following a devastating ea
- 2015-07-1610 signs you might have an Internet problem
- 2015-07-16Photographer Lorry Salcedo traveled the coast of his native Peru, documenting mummies that were more than 1,000 years old. This face is from a child, age 8-10, from the Wari Empire (550-1000 A.D.).
- 2015-07-16Caitlyn Jenner accepts the Arthur Ashe Courage Award during the ESPYs in Los Angeles on Wednesday, July 15. In her first speech since identifying as transgender, she said she wants to "reshape the landscape of how trans issues are viewed."
- 2015-07-16American Gary Arndt is on a mission to see as many UNESCO World Heritage Sites as possible. At almost 300 and counting, he's got a few favorites, reflected in this gallery.
- 2015-07-16An Asiatic elephant is given water showers at Delhi Zoo, in New Dehli, India, on Saturday, May 30. A blistering heat wave has killed more than 1,300 people in the country.
- 2015-07-16Sakharam Bhagat and his three wives, (from left) Tuki, Sakhri and Bhaagi, eat lunch at their house. Polygamy is illegal and a crime in India, but Bhagat says he had no other option but to marry two more times in order to have more helping hands to get wat
- 2015-07-16This week marked the first New York Fashion Week: Men's,
Cult brand Public School's presentation lineup included jewelery designer Waris Ahluwalia (second from left) and Twin Shadow.
- 2015-07-16Former Nazi officer Oskar Groening, known as "the bookkeeper of Auschwitz," was sentenced this week to four years in prison. Groening, who's in his 90s, was found guilty by a court in Lueneburg, Germany, of being an accessory to the murder
- 2015-07-16The grand opening of Disneyland on July 17, 1955, was a national event orchestrated by founder Walt Disney. The invite-only "Dedication Day" for Disney's first theme park was broadcast live on ABC, which was an investor in the park.
- 2015-07-16Hargeisa is the capital of Somaliland, a self-declared nation-state. The fact that the country isn't recognized beyond its borders hasn't stopped the city's residents from transforming it from a battle-scarred shell into a thriving destinat
- 2015-07-16Disney has just revealed designs of the upcoming Shanghai Disneyland, which will be the brand's sixth in the world and third in Asia. It's also the first Disney theme park to open in the last 10 years.
- 2015-07-15The Confederate flag has been as much a part of popular culture as politics in the last few decades. Tom Petty, who displayed it on his 1985 Southern Accents tour, told Rolling Stone he was "dumb" to do so. "I was pretty ignorant of what it
- 2015-07-15The samurai long sword -- or "katana" -- has a cultural resonance throughout Japan, a symbol of its history. This 13th-century samurai sword was sold by Christies New York in 1992 for $418,000.
- 2015-07-15This Airbus A350XWB test aircraft stopped in Atlanta this week on a tour of North and South America. Delta Air Lines has ordered 25 of the A350s. Airbus is expected to begin delivery to Delta in 2017.
- 2015-07-15Patrice Motsepe is an entrepreneur, philanthropist and lawyer. He is also one of South Africa's wealthiest men.
- 2015-07-15U.S. soccer players Carli Lloyd, left, and Megan Rapinoe take a selfie with the Women's World Cup trophy during a parade in New York City on Friday, July 10. Behind Lloyd and Rapinoe is New York Mayor Bill de Blasio.
- 2015-07-15Portable glass-sided pod LoftCube has found use as a micro-home, a slick office, and a penthouse suite at one of Europe's coolest hotels.
- 2015-07-15Designed by Singaporean architect Mok Wei Wei, the new Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum cost $35 million to build. Seven-stories high and resembling a giant moss-covered rock, it houses over one million specimens.
- 2015-07-14The city of Montreal commissions artists to create street murals on various buildings. This artwork by artist Kashnik was among those on display for the latest annual mural
festival, which showcases 50 works around the city from international
and local a
- 2015-07-14"AutoWorks" is a collection of self-portraits by Abby Robinson. The photos, taken over her career as a photographer, provide audiences with some intimate perspectives.
- 2015-07-14Last weekend, the prestigious International Talent Support competition brought together 40 young designers from 21 countries to battle it out for 100,000 Euros in prizes. The designers were told only that their work had to represent their vision of the fu
- 2015-07-14Marc Quinn, Frozen Wave (The Conservation of Energy), 2015 ©
- 2015-07-14The Grand Gelinaz! Shuffle on July 9 saw 37 of the world's best chefs swapping kitchens for a few days to produce a unique menu inspired by the restaurant they were sent to for one dinner service only. Joined by his sous chefs Thomas Frebel (left) an
- 2015-07-14Scheduled to open in September, Melco Crown Entertainment's Studio City takes on a Hollywood theme.
- 2015-07-14In 1984, Steve McCurry straddled the Afghan border, disguised in a local tribesman's outfit, returning to the US with the 20th century's most famous and celebrated photograph, a portrait of a 12-year-old refugee that has since become known as &q
- 2015-07-13Ariana Grande arrives at the 57th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, February 8. See who else was there.
- 2015-07-13"Defined as a 'moving sculpture,' it is the only car permanently displayed at the MOMA in New York since 1960. Light, essential, extremely innovative."
- 2015-07-13"The Beach," a temporary architectural installation at Washington's National Building Museum, is the work of experimental firm Snarkitecture.
- 2015-07-13Simple carbs spike your blood sugar levels quickly, then leave them plunging soon after.
- 2015-07-13Pope Francis waves during a meeting with young people at the "Costanera" in Asuncion, Paraguay, on Sunday, July 12, the final day of his eight-day tour of South America.
- 2015-07-13Believe it or not, Harrison Ford turns 73 on Monday, July 13. Whether he's starring in a film or smooching "Star Wars" co-star Carrie Fisher at Comic-Con, the man seems ageless. Check out these celebs who will make you ask, "How are th
- 2015-07-13An Indian man shares his shawl with a stray dog in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, on a cold morning on January 19, 2012.
- 2015-07-13The Ecocapsule offers a radical alternative to conventional housing, and can be situated in the most remote locations on earth.
- 2015-07-13Satoru Iwata, who passed away July 11, 2015, served as the fourth president and chief executive officer of Nintendo -- and was as beloved as the video game characters he helped create. Taking over as president in 2002, at the age of 42, Iwata was the firs
- 2015-07-13HK Urbex's most recent outing involved venturing into an abandoned movie theater that was reportedly one of the most haunted sites in Hong Kong.
- 2015-07-11Volunteers at the San Juan chapel carry crosses to the stage where Pope Francis will sit when he visits the impoverished Bañado Norte neighborhood on Sunday, July 12.
- 2015-07-11Zimm is a 3-year-old Sulawesi macaque. She escaped from her enclosure at the Memphis Zoo by crawling into the zoo's drain system on Thursday, July 9. The caper ended Saturday, July 11, with her capture.
- 2015-07-11Summer TV has kicked off with such series as "Orange Is the New Black," which returned for a third season, and "Halt and Catch Fire," which came back for its second. But there's new series as well: The title of this prequel series
- 2015-07-11A family photo shows Darlie Routier; her husband, Darin; and their sons Damon and Devon. On June 6, 1996, both children were brutally stabbed to death in their Dallas-area home. Darlie Routier's throat was slashed that night; a necklace she had been
- 2015-07-10Nicole Elliott, 24, agreed to foster Chester in late June after seeing a "hospice needed" post on an animal shelter's Facebook page.
- 2015-07-10CNN's roundup of this week's top photography includes Paris fashion, fireworks and a flock of seagulls. From Afro-Mexicans to the 1939 Tour de France, explore CNN's best photo galleries from this week. Each slide links out to the full story
- 2015-07-10A baby alligator was one of the wild animals photographed in Joao Castilho's "Zoo" series. All of the animals were photographed in homes. "I wanted to shuffle positions and boundaries that sometimes are too rigid," Castilho said.
- 2015-07-10The U.S. women's soccer team celebrates its World Cup victory with a ticker tape parade in New York on Friday, July 10. Midfielder Megan Rapinoe is holding the trophy.
- 2015-07-10Britain's Prince George peeks into the carriage holding his sister, Princess Charlotte, after her christening Sunday, July 5, in Norfolk, England.
- 2015-07-10Omar Sharif, who died Friday, July 10, at 83, rose to international stardom with his performance opposite Peter O'Toole, left, in "Lawrence of Arabia" (1962). His work earned him a Golden Globe win and an Oscar nomination.
- 2015-07-10Madonna, pictured here in April 2007, was rumored to partner with the Ed Hardy brand to create a clothing line of her own.
- 2015-07-10For World Population Day, CNN asked three photographers in Africa to give us a glimpse of what it's like living in some of the continent's most crowded cities.
Cairo, for instance, is home to 12 million people, and the constant throng means it
- 2015-07-10The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization has added 24 new spots and 3 significant extensions to the UNESCO World Heritage List and three spots to its List of World Heritage in Danger. Click through the gallery to see some new m
- 2015-07-10Ricardo Matiello's photo "Above the mist," taken in Maringa, Brazil, was the most-liked photo in this year's Drone Aerial Photography Contest. More than 5,000 entries were submitted from around the world, in categories ranging from Pla
- 2015-07-10While you would never call couture "DIY," there was a nod to (pink) punk attitude on the runway at this season's Armani Privé AW15 show during Paris Couture Week (July 5 to July 9).
- 2015-07-10Through their "Cooking in the Archives blog," Marissa Nicosia and Alyssa Connell have discovered a treasure trove of fascinating recipes from the 1600s to the 1800s. These "desart cakes," written before 1793, are more like a thin, cris
- 2015-07-10Bungee jumping was the first experience to kick start Laura Lawson's bucket list to change her life. Click through the gallery to see more of her achieved bucket list items:
- 2015-07-10Harper Lee, known for her 1960 classic "To Kill a Mockingbird," will see her second novel, "Go Set a Watchman," published July 14. Her 55-year gap between books is highly unusual but not unprecedented. Here are some other authors who w
- 2015-07-10At the Marina Bay Sands, swimmers can hug the edge of the hotel's impressive 57th-floor infinity pool.
- 2015-07-10Once a sleepy town in the Philippines, Oslob has developed a global reputation as a center for whale shark encounters.
- 2015-07-10This tiny island resembles an atoll in Micronesia, but is instead found 300 meters off the southern tip of Corsica. It can be reached, depending on the tide and fitness levels, simply by walking or swimming from Piantarella beach on the Corsican mainland.
- 2015-07-10Locro is a national dish traditionally served on May 25 to mark Argentina's May Revolution. The hearty stew is made from white corn, beef or pork, tripe and red chorizo, as well as other vegetables.
- 2015-07-09Dr. Hugo Eckener, a German pioneer of airships, and the crew of the Graf Zeppelin were honored with a ticker tape parade on October 16, 1928, for completing the first commercial flight across the Atlantic.
- 2015-07-09Mara Sanchez Renero's photo series "The Cimarron and Fandango" captures the Afro-Mexican people of the Costa Chica region, a remote area in southern Mexico.
- 2015-07-09Gen. Nathan Forrest, a former Confederate soldier, slave trader and plantation owner, became Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan in 1867.
- 2015-07-09Easy seated pose: Sit cross-legged, facing the ocean. Rest your hands on your legs. Practice yoga's jnana mudra, a symbolic hand gesture of wisdom, by touching your thumb and index finger together. Breathe deeply for five or more breaths, taking in a
- 2015-07-09Photographer Jessica Van Kirk helps dogs get adopted by taking their photos. Take a look at some of her favorite portraits:
- 2015-07-09CNN's Frederick Pleitgen has been traveling around Iran. Here are his photos from the city of Shiraz and the ancient site of Persepolis. The Nasir al Mulk Mosque in the town of Shiraz is also called the "Pink Mosque" because of its extensiv
- 2015-07-09The former AC/DC drummer was sentenced in July 2015 to eight months of home detention in New Zealand, after pleading guilty to drug charges and threatening to kill a former employee. Police found methamphetamine and cannabis during a search of Rudd'
- 2015-07-09Koryo Tours says it took several years of repeated requests before the North Korean government would grant it permission to run train tours within the country. Previously, foreigners were only allowed to ride the international train service between China
- 2015-07-09"Tourism is not regulated well enough and the massive influx is putting a strain on sites all over the world," says Stefaan Poortman, executive director of the Global Heritage Fund. "The most well-known sites like Angkor or Machu Picchu are
- 2015-07-08A street vendor sells cutout images of Pope Francis near the airport in El Alto, Bolivia, on Wednesday, July 8. Memorabilia is being sold across South America to commemorate the Pope's eight-day tour of Ecuador, Bolivia and Paraguay.
- 2015-07-08It has been more than 10 years of change for Facebook, the social network founded February 4, 2004, by Mark Zuckerberg, right, Dustin Moskovitz and three other classmates in a Harvard dorm room. From its awkward beginnings to an international phenomenon w
- 2015-07-08A sedated, blindfolded lion lies in the dirt in Phinda Private Game Reserve, South Africa, on June 29, 2015. The lion is one of seven which was transported from South Africa to Akagera National Park in Rwanda to reintroduce the animals to the country.
- 2015-07-08Actor Rob Lowe takes a selfie with his former "Parks and Recreation" co-stars Rashida Jones, left, and Amy Poehler on Saturday, July 4. "Chris and Ann had Leslie over for a #HappyFourth," Lowe said, referring to their characters on the
- 2015-07-08$3.2 million: The 20 highest-paid college football and basketball coaches in Division I athletics each make more than $3.2 million, according to The Best Schools. The highest paid is Duke Basketball coach, Mike Krzyzewski, who reportedly rakes in $7.2 mil
- 2015-07-08The Manson Family murders of Sharon Tate, the pregnant wife of filmmaker Roman Polanski, and others in the summer of 1969 shocked and captivated America, setting the tone for one of the most violent decades in the country's history as covered in the
- 2015-07-08The thousand year egg, or pidan, is a delicacy throughout China. Wrapped in clay and buried in the ground for several months, during that time the yolk turns gray and the whites a jelly-like brown, taking on a salty flavor.
- 2015-07-08Slide the City Hong Kong will be installed next to the Victoria Harbor at the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal. The 1,000-feet waterway will be the global brand's first waterside slide.
- 2015-07-08Iftar is the meal Muslims share after a long day of fasting during the holy month of Ramadan. People at the Niujie Mosque in Beijing are preparing snacks in front of the Minaret, awaiting the sunset on Monday, July 6.
- 2015-07-07Helio Chichava, a 14-year-old from Maputo, Mozambique, showers before a Sunday meal hosted by a foreign worker from a nongovernmental organization. Photographer Mario Macilau, a Maputo native, shot photos of Helio and other children who live on the street
- 2015-07-07Southern TV personality and chef Paula Deen is the author of more than a dozen cookbooks and the owner of The Lady and Sons, a restaurant in Savannah, Georgia. The Food Network chose not to renew her contract in 2013 amid revelations that she admitted to
- 2015-07-07Fad diets come and go, but the idea of dieting itself has been around for centuries. From President Taft to Victoria Beckham, and the Grapefruit Diet to Slim-Fast, here's a look at some of the most famous (and infamous) moments in dieting history.
- 2015-07-07In the 4,000-year-old holy city of Jerusalem, visitors can tuck a miniature prayer into the Western Wall, or see a fragment of clay engraved with cuneiform at Temple Mount's excavation site. It was voted world's 10th best city by readers of Trav
- 2015-07-07Shirley Reine, 51, was found shot to death in her home in Falmouth, Massachusetts, on May 10, 2005. Shirley's killer was careful to not leave behind any clues, and neighbors say they didn't hear a thing.
- 2015-07-07The Alamo Drafthouse invites brave movie goers to view Steven Spielberg classic "Jaws," which turns 40 this year, on a giant screen as they float in inner tubes over murky waters.
- 2015-07-07Abyaneh has a history of almost 4,000 years. The 84-year-old man pictured here is the oldest person in the village.
- 2015-07-07Pablo Novak, 85, is the sole inhabitant of Epecuen, a desolated town 500 kilometers southwest of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- 2015-07-06Jonestown Massacre anniversary
- 2015-07-06Presidential logos can mean different things to different people. Sky Hartman, a brand designer who created Ron Paul's 2012 logo, and Ben Ostrower, a designer who worked on Bernie Sanders' logo, review some of the 2016 presidential logos.
- 2015-07-06Jazz icon and civil rights activist Nina Simone, pictured here in 1969, is the subject of the new Netflix documentary "What Happened, Miss Simone?" The legendary singer's deep, raspy voice made her a unique figure in jazz. She died in 2003
- 2015-07-06Shirley Reine was shot to death in May 2005. A suspect was arrested in her killing, was tried and acquitted in 2014.
- 2015-07-06Members of the Grateful Dead -- from left, Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart -- in San Francisco, circa 1968. The legendary jam band took its final bow Sunday, July 5 -- 50 years after it was formed.
- 2015-07-06Austin Dillon, driver of the No. 3 Chevrolet, slams into the catch fence during the final lap of the NASCAR Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida, early on Monday, July 6. One spectator was sent to the hospital with inj
- 2015-07-06A couple embrace on the foothills of Pisuli, a neighborhood in North Quito, where Pope Francis will visit this week as part of his South American trip.
- 2015-07-06The 2015 National Restaurants Association survey listed ethnic breakfasts as one of their top 20 food trends for 2015. Don't be surprised if you start seeing chilaquiles on the menu -- they're a popular choice for a hearty breakfast in Mexico:
- 2015-07-06Views of the Trocadero and the Eiffel tower are part of the enchantment of this small cemetery. Among the more fascinating graves is one with a life-size bronze of a woman, either trying to get out or trying to get in.
- 2015-07-06Pressure in China's education system starts young. Although parents, teachers and lawmakers have questioned the wisdom of putting so much pressure on young children, there's little sign their study load has been reduced.
- 2015-07-05Fireworks illuminate the sky over the East River during the 39th annual Macy's Fourth of July fireworks show in New York City on Saturday, July 4.
- 2015-07-05"Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp": The 2001 parody of teen sex movies didn't do much at the box office, but the cast -- including Paul Rudd, Amy Poehler and Bradley Cooper -- went on to big things. This prequel brings back the ga
- 2015-07-04Matt Stonie defeats Joey Chestnut after eating 62 hot dogs in 10 minutes at Nathan's International Hot Dog Eating Contest in Coney Island, New York.
- 2015-07-04"I'm homosexual and I'm afraid about what my future will be and that people won't like me," reads the caption in this photo featured in popular photo blog, Humans of New York. The photo was shared widely, prompting Hillary Clinton
- 2015-07-04The Enlightenment movement, which questioned traditional authority and embraced rationalism, heavily influenced The Declaration of Independence. In breaking away from Great Britain, Thomas Jefferson called on the "certain unalienable rights" of
- 2015-07-04Mariah Carey meets fans at the Ben Gurion Airport in Israel on Saturday, June 27.
- 2015-07-03Former Virginia Democratic Sen. Jim Webb speaks at the National Sheriffs' Association annual conference on June 30, 2015, in Baltimore, Maryland, a few days before he announced his presidential run. "I understand the odds, particularly in today&
- 2015-07-03As long as there has been war, there have been prisoners. And as long as there have been people held by the so-called enemy, there have been some who went free -- whether they escaped, were exchanged or were released. Nearly five years after his capture i
- 2015-07-03Teenager Keith Vidal was shot and killed Sunday. Keith's stepbrother, Mark Ryan Wilsey, said he was in "absolute panic" when his parents called to tell him the news. "I thought I needed to get to my brother's side and protect him
- 2015-07-03A worker poses for a photo before a sandstorm hits a brick factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
- 2015-07-03Television personality Kim Kardashian tweeted this photo of her with Mickey and Minnie Mouse on Wednesday, June 17.
- 2015-07-03Ahead of his campaign announcement, Rand Paul's camp released his 2016 slogan: "Defeat the Washington machine. Unleash the American dream."
- 2015-07-03George Harris, left, kisses Jack Evans after they were married in Dallas on Friday, June 26. Earlier in the day, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that same-sex couples have the right to marry in all 50 states.
- 2015-07-03Peek.com is best described as digital concierge, a one-stop site for travelers looking to book -- or simply learn about -- truly one-of-a-kind experiences. Co-founder and CEO Ruzwana Bashir's efforts haven't gone unnoticed. She's on Fortune
- 2015-07-03With more than 700 medical personnel, 5,000 units of blood and 12 operating rooms, the USNS Comfort is the world's biggest hospital ship.
- 2015-07-03Al Zuhour district in Kasserine, where Tunisian authorities are raising the alarm over the presence of jihadi recruiters.
- 2015-07-03Dickie, now known as Knuckles, was the first traveler who Michael Joseph photographed for his "Lost and Found" series. Joseph noticed Knuckles, he said, because "he had an interesting anchor tattoo on his face and a very distinct look about
- 2015-07-03Hannah, the young niece of photographer Julia Cybularz, is fitted for a back brace in this photo from Cybularz's "Breaking the Girl" project. For several years, Cybularz documented Hannah's struggle with idiopathic scoliosis.
- 2015-07-03When he first arrived in Bangladesh, photographer Ernst Coppejans saw it everywhere: men who had dyed their hair or their facial hair orange.
- 2015-07-03This entry, of two male African lions fighting, won an award at the World Taxidermy Championship in Springfield, Missouri. It was made by Dakota Taxidermy.
- 2015-07-03A truck travels on a road near mountains in China's Xinjiang province. The region is rich in oil and minerals.
- 2015-07-03All the images in Steven Duede's "Evanescence" photo series are from his compost bin in Boston. Photographs from the series have been featured at the Griffin Museum of Photography and the Danforth Museum of Art, and they are currently on di
- 2015-07-03Andrew Ward photographed this abandoned sofa on Finley Avenue in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles. It's part of his running project called "The Sofas of LA."
- 2015-07-03In her photo series called "Idiot Box," Australian-born photographer Donna Stevens explores the darker side of our love for technology and its impact on the smallest viewers. These photos, shot while preschool children in New York watched their
- 2015-07-03Photographer and former advertising art director William Anthony looked for faces among the cars at America's Car Museum in Tacoma, Washington. The museum is posting one of Anthony's photos each week on Twitter and Instagram to encourage new vis
- 2015-07-03Edison Ruef and his baby brother, Donovan, in 2010. Edison died at age 6 on July 9, 2011.
- 2015-07-03Will Iran give up its nuclear ambitions? As its leaders try to hammer out a deal with the United States and five other leading world powers, CNN gets rare access to the Islamic state. It's the holy month of Ramadan, which means Muslims fast all day a
- 2015-07-03At the northern end of the Seychelles, privately-owned Bird Island is a protected conservation spot where more than a million birds touch down each year.
- 2015-07-03Guatemala's Fuego has awakened and then subsided, authorities said Thursday, after the government issued a danger warning the day before in response to eruptions at one of Central America's most active volcanoes.
- 2015-07-03She's the fastest hunk of junk in the galaxy. Except when she's nose down in the Hudson River. French graphic artist Nicolas Amiard has created a series of images blending "Star Wars" spacecraft into popular cityscapes.
- 2015-07-02The body of a white tiger lies on a stretcher near a zoo in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Wednesday, June 17. Police shot and killed the tiger after it killed a man at a warehouse. The tiger was among the hundreds of wild animals that escaped from a Tbilisi zoo af
- 2015-07-02Dianne Yudelson used a variety of methods to make her bird photos look like antique tintypes. Pictured here are mallards.
- 2015-07-02Joey Chestnut celebrates Friday, July 4, after winning the 98th annual Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest at Coney Island in New York. Chestnut ate 61 hot dogs to win the men's competition for the eighth straight year.
- 2015-07-02Soldiers guard the Navy Barracks in Washington on Thursday, July 2. Reports of a man with a gun put the Washington Navy Yard campus on lockdown, authorities said. The complex is the site of a deadly 2013 mass shooting. Federal law enforcement later gave t
- 2015-07-02The main character in Ann M. Martin's 2014 book, "Rain Reign," is Rose Howard, a fifth-grader with high-functioning autism who loves homonyms, rules and prime numbers. Here are some other books for children and teens featuring characters on
- 2015-07-02When will Formula 1 cars be beautiful again? According to 3D artist Nathan Dearsley, we'll probably have to wait until 2056. But it's going to be worth it: this is how he imagines a futuristic McLaren to look like and it's a sleek, stunning
- 2015-07-02Mexican painter Frida Kahlo works on her now-famous "Portrait of My Father" in 1951. As well-known for her independence as she is for her portraits, Kahlo is the subject of a new book containing never-before-seen pictures of her private life. &q
- 2015-07-02For many in Minnesota and Wisconsin, eating at a "pizza farm" has become a summertime ritual. "The experience of eating outdoors on the farm among our gardens in the valley is just as important as the food itself," says Suncrest Garden
- 2015-07-01Here's one demographic with which President Obama seems to not have much trouble: children. White House photographer Pete Souza regularly captures Obama playing with small visitors, saying: "Some are serious and some are humorous. And of course,
- 2015-07-01Richard Matt, left, and David Sweat were on the run after they escaped from the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, New York, on Saturday, June 6. Matt was killed by police on Friday, June 26. Sweat was captured two days later and is now in police
- 2015-07-01Military with PTSD is an organization that works with veterans and spouses to discuss PTSD and how to handle the disorder in a family environment. The nonprofit sends signs to combat veterans, like Scott Larrabee Sr. in this photo, who may be upset by fir
- 2015-07-01Long before his days as a stadium-packing musician, Mick Jagger is seen at his home in Dartford, England, in 1946. He was 3 years old. Images like this, along with hundreds of other Rolling Stones artifacts, will be on display as part of "Exhibitioni
- 2015-07-01Actor Michael B. Jordan, left, sometimes gets confused with TV host Nick Cannon. Jordan, 28, plays a boxer in the upcoming "Creed," a "Rocky" spinoff, while Cannon, 34, was famously married to singer Mariah Carey. Click through the gal
- 2015-07-01Many experts believe a future war between major powers could play out in space, as nations are producing spacecraft that have potential military applications. The U.S. Air Force launched its third mission of its Orbital Test Vehicle, the X-37B, from Cape
- 2015-07-01The $3.4m Lykan Hypersport is the first car produced by Dubai-based W Motors.
- 2015-07-01The entrance to Machakos Hospital, the first to be upgraded under Kenya's new program.
- 2015-07-01In the heart of Hong Kong, a former British colony, sits an unmistakable symbol of the city's Chinese rule, now in its 18th year: The barracks of the People's Liberation Army (PLA).
- 2015-07-01Police remove barricades and tents outside government headquarters in Hong Kong on Thursday, December 11, 2014. The main site of pro-democracy protests for the past two months was broken down piece by piece, and police dragged out the last remaining demon
- 2015-07-01These three numbers can really show off your local know-how: six, nine and 10 (left to right).