How a giant portrait above a main road in São Paulo is reflecting the changing face of Brazil.

A former software analyst and rising opera star has penned a song for the Red Planet.

A UK-based charity is working to clear Iraqi villages of landmines so that residents can return.

A young activist went out to work and was never seen again. It would take five years of fighting to find out what happened.

Which firms are competing to make flying taxis and will they ever be mass market?

Find out how to survive if you go behind in the wheel in a country where driving can be chaotic.

One primary school in Birmingham reveals how it is trying to balance its books, give pastoral care and teach.

Opposition to vaccination has its roots in a militancy that was at its height more than 100 years ago.

New South Wales's move comes as extreme heat is expected to further stoke fires into the weekend.

Cracker's owner left a note saying: "I couldn't imagine him being outside with me cold and hungry."

At least 21 people have died in the Indonesian capital amid record-breaking rainfall.

The high-profile Boeing 737 Max crash in Ethiopia in March accounted for more than half of those deaths.

Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries has started rolling out its online retail service in India.

More than 2,000km from the fires, New Zealanders are seeing hazy yellow skies and smelling burning.

A tribunal will decide for the first time if veganism is a "philosophical belief" akin to a religion.

A financial analyst pursues her dream to be a balloon artist after her mother got cancer.

General Shen Yi-ming was among eight killed when a Black Hawk was forced to land in poor weather.

A trial where hydrogen is added to natural gas raises hopes of a low-carbon heating revolution.

Tattoo artist Bang Bang tells his stories of inking the world’s biggest sports stars and celebrities, and reveals the tattoos that Katy Perry and Kylie Jenner have done on him.

Police removed the invasive plant, which appeared 20 to 30 feet high in some parts.

Nick Kyrgios will donate 200 Australian dollars (£106) for each ace he hits in events held in Australia in January to those affected by the bushfires.