Indonesia admitted on Tuesday it is largely unfazed by the Australian Federal Government’s decision to ban live cattle exports to the country.. REUTERS/Enny Nuraheni
Travellers suffered long delays as the ash cloud from the Chilean volcan circled the world.. REUTERS/Patricio Rodriguez
Nearly three-quarters of Japanese voters want to see a gradual phase-out of nuclear power, a newspaper poll showed on Tuesday, the latest sign of concerns about atomic safety as the country struggles with the world’s worst nuclear crisis in 25 years.. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
The world’s largest sculpture of a human body is being carved out of the British landscape using more than a million tonnes of rock and soil left behind by coal-mining.. courtesy of H.J. Banks, Northumberlandia
The United Kingdom and philanthropist Bill Gates led a multi-billion-dollar international campaign to vaccinate children in poorer nations.. ABC
Billions of dollars worth of art will go on show at Art Basel this week, described as the world’s top fair for modern and contemporary works.. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann
The New Zealand government said thousands of properties may never be rebuilt in the wake of the latest powerful earthquakes to rock the city of Christchurch.. REUTERS/Simon Baker
Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling launched a new website called “Pottermore”, but fans of the boy wizard will have to wait to see what it entails as the entry page says simply “Coming Soon…”.. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth
Eight admirers of anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks and its founder, Julian Assange, are being offered the opportunity to dine privately with their idol early next month at an asking price of 350 pounds per head.. REUTERS
Tuesday 14 June marked World Blood Donor Day. To mark the occasion, New Zealander William Pike told us why he owes his life to the voluntary unpaid donors who gave their blood.. Getty Images
Pelting rain in central and southern China forced hundreds of thousands of people to leave their homes and prompted the government to demand safety checks on vulnerable dams.. REUTERS/Stringer
Large areas of the New South Wales mid-north coast were under water om Thursday after the Manning River peaked higher than expected.. ABC
Some of Australia’s top CEOs and leading politicians endured a taste of what it would be like if their lives hit rock bottom, camping out overnight in a bid to raise millions for charity.. AAP Image: Paul MilleR)
Palace officials released details of William and Kate’s forthcoming trip to Canada and the US.. REUTERS/POOL New
Stargazers and astronomers looked to the sky on Thursday as the Moon became blood red in the longest total lunar eclipse in more than a decade.. REUTERS/Tim Wimborne
New Zealand officials announced Christchurch’s Anglican and Catholic cathedrals may have to be demolished after sustaining further damage in the latest earthquakes.. REUTERS/Simon Baker
Penny Palfrey, an Australian-British swimmer, braved shark-infested waters to set a record for an unassisted solo ocean swim between two of the Cayman islands.. REUTERS/POOL New
A Central Australian grazier left paralysed after a helicopter crash became the first person to cross the remote Tanami Desert in a wheelchair.. ABC
At least eight workers trying to bring Japan’s crippled nuclear power plant under control were exposed to more radiation than allowed under new safety standards.. ABC
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge wowed crowds at a number of official engagements in their busiest weekend to date.. REUTERS/Andrew Winning
Afghanistan was named as the most dangerous place in the world to be a woman.. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani
Scientists found a new mutant form of swine flu that shows some resistance to anti-viral drugs.. REUTERS/Stringer Shanghai
Christchurch suffered a series of aftershocks that left many without power.. AFP: Neil Sands
Germany identified bean sprouts as the source of the bacteria outbreak that has already left at least 30 dead and 3,000 ill.. AFP: Ingo Wagner
A monster black hole shredded a sun-like star, producing a strangely long-lasting flash of gamma rays that probably will not be seen again in a million years. This artist’s impression of a black hole was released by NASA.. REUTERS/NASA NASA
Christchurch was hit by more aftershocks as an estimated 20,000 people spent the night without power following Monday’s powerful earthquakes.. Getty / Martin Hunter
