In Japan, time is marked by the reigns of emperors - and the country is about to start a new era.

UK fashion designers are chasing business in Shanghai - one of Asia's biggest fashion weeks.

Remarkable specimens shed light on the minutes and hours following the Earth-changing asteroid strike.

There is hope for the world's largest carnivorous marsupials whose numbers have been ravaged by disease.

French visual artist JR and a team of volunteers plaster paper around the Louvre's glass pyramid.

Shami, 23, wants a Brazilian butt lift. We follow her as she decides whether to go under the knife.

A selection of the best news photographs from around the world, taken over the past week.

Muses no more - after centuries of taking orders now women are the ones calling the shots.

Two weeks on from Cyclone Idai, BBC's Nomsa Maseko reports on the on-going problems in Mozambique.

The judge said the celebration was not "compatible with the process of democratic reconstruction".

The BBC's Dan Johnson was expecting a hot, dry, sunny climate when he was posted to California. That's not how things worked out.

MPs will vote on a range of Brexit options; what are they?

Amid a court case about discrimination on the basis of a hairstyle, what's the state of Kenyan hair?

With no deal looking increasingly likely, how have both sides been getting ready?

And other lesser-known historical facts about this weekend's celebration of mothers.

Zuzana Caputova, an anti-graft activist and political newcomer, beats the ruling party candidate.

Theresa May is exploring ways to put her EU withdrawal agreement before MPs again, after its latest rejection.

Mexico's president says he will not be drawn into confrontation by threats "related to politics".

David Ibbotson is thought to have been colour-blind, which prevents a night-flying qualification.

It has a secret entry process, climbs the equivalent of conquering Everest twice and clocks in at 100 miles long - the Barkley Marathons could be the world's toughest race.

A debate is raging online about the correct way to cut a bagel. We asked Americans for their reactions to other food faux pas.