Cyclone Nargis stripped gold panels and precious gems from parts of the 2,500-year-old Shwedagon Paya temple complex, one of the world's largest Buddhist sites.

A small, fragile piece of a 2,000-year-old Dead Sea scroll was shown briefly to visitors at a Jerusalem conference.

See a supercell light up the Texas sky, U.S. Marines braving a sandstorm in Afghanistan, the Olympic torch reach the top of Mount Everest, and more.

See half-naked—but all red—revelers get medieval, a Hollywood landmark go up in smoke, skulls stare into the Paris underworld, and more.

In Lithuania, real witches celebrate the arrival of spring on Walpurgis night.

Later this year, cockfighting will be banned in Louisiana, making it illegal in all 50 U.S. states. But in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, it is a legal, thriving industry with more than a hundred licensed arenas.

See a noxious volcano blazing, a steaming sacrifice, uncanny underwater robots, Europe's biggest waterfall turned blue, and more.

Somali forces arrested seven alleged sea pirates during rescue operations for a hijacked Dubai-based ship. A spate of piracy is plaguing Somalia's and Yemen's coasts.

A Japanese oil tanker and a Spanish fishing boat are the latest victims of raids in the dangerous waters off Somalia and the Arabian Peninsula.

Move over, Scotland. Bagpipes have been part of Iranian culture for the past two centuries, offering a unique sound that conveys both joy and sorrow.

European scientists have combined virtual reality with treadmills to allow users to "walk through" the ancient city as it looked before the devastating volcanic eruption.

Pope Benedict XVI celebrated the first public mass in his 2008 visit to the United States at the Nationals Park baseball stadium in Washington, D.C.

Mexicans pay nearly 8 percent of their annual family income in bribes, according to a poll released yesterday by the Mexican anti-corruption group Transparencia Mexicana.

National Geographic producer Michael Davie was an eyewitness to yesterday's plane crash in Goma that reportedly killed at least 21 people.

Amid colorful fireworks, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong inaugurated the more than 500-foot-tall (150-meter-tall) Singapore Flyer, billed as the world's largest observation wheel.