SYDNEY - A dog called Stormy has been awarded a medal after completing a half-marathon in outback Australia and winning the hearts of its human competitors.
REDDING, California - A young boy pleaded for rescue before he died along with two others in a California wildfire, an anguished relative recounted on Monday, while other shaken survivors told of their flight from a "tornado" of fire.
PARIS - The planet's largest colony of king penguins has declined by nearly 90 percent in three decades, researchers said on Monday.
MATARAM, Indonesia - Groups of hikers began to pick their way down the slopes of a Lombok volcano Monday after a deadly earthquake triggered landslides that trapped more than 500 tourists and guides on the mountain.
KABUL - Surrounded by bright-colored tissue paper and bamboo sticks, Afghan kite maker Halim Muhammadi and his children sit in their modest living room in Kabul assembling kites in preparation for the city's flying season.
RETAT, France - Going to the beach can be tough work, but if you need a break from all the grueling swimming and sunbathing this summer, a trip to one of France's pop-up seaside libraries could be just the thing.
OTTAWA - It is the smells that first hit you in Ottawa's Chinatown on the last weekend in July.
SANAMXAY, Laos - The floodwater struck his village as 35-year-old Chanxay Phaivongthe was about to go to sleep.
LONDON - Tens of thousands of fans will flock to giant stadiums later this year to watch pop icon Paul McCartney in his latest tour.
SAKUHO, Japan - Kaori Shibo bent her head down and peered through a magnifying glass in a forest in central Japan, emitting a delighted gasp. The object of her adoration? Moss.
ARINJ, Armenia - When Tosya Gharibyan asked her husband to dig a basement under their house to store potatoes, she had little idea the underground labyrinth he would eventually produce would prove to be one of Armenia's major tourist draws.
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