The biggest shipwreck in San Francisco history occurred on Feb. 22, 1901, and was marked by its silence. No one on the mainland knew that the City of Rio de Janeiro steamship had sunk quickly off the ...

South America, from Brazil to Argentina - This continent contains some of the world’s most amazing natural landscapes, ...

New York is hosting Climate Week NYC, an annual event that promotes climate action, at the same time the U.N. General ...

Visually impaired Spanish runner Elena Congost has submitted an appeal to World Para Athletics after she was disqualified ...

The 13 mobile inflatable domes, which measure 7 metres (23 feet) in diameter and 3.8 metres (12.5 feet) in height, are ...

By the middle weekend of November 1999, Praça do Comércio had seen better days. The main plaza on Lisbon’s waterfront seemed ...

Indigenous chants and the rattle of maracas are resounding in a Rio de Janeiro park, where Brazil's Tupinambá people gathered ...

Chinese owner Shandong Shipping is said to have lifted its Guaibamax bulk carrier newbuilding order at Qingdao Beihai ...

The Amazon rainforest is in deep trouble. Labeling it a “crisis” however seems too hackneyed and not descriptive enough ...

Javier Cabrera scored a first-half goal and Peñarol pulled off an upset beating Flamengo 1-0 in the first leg of their Copa Libertadores quarterfinal match. Cabrera scored inside the box to the far ...

On Friday, activists around the world launched climate protests to coincide with major climate events in New York City. Organized by the youth-led Fridays for Future group, demonstrations were planned ...

This gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published in the past week by The Associated Press from ...