The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by The Age picture editors.

The death toll from the disaster has surpassed 1000, with close to 4000 people still missing across the region.

With 260 foreigners from 23 countries believed to be among the missing, the rescue operations under way at the Tibet-Nepal borders are a lot more than an internal China issue.

Russia’s belligerent rhetoric and increasingly brazen “grey zone” threats are spilling over into election debates across the continent – and far-right parties are reaping the reward.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney hit back at repeated insults from Hegseth and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent saying: “It’s beneath their office”.

The removal of the children last year sparked a debate over whether the “family in the woods” should be allowed to continue their lifestyle.

King Haakon VIII formalised the start of his reign following the death of his father Harald, as Ingrid Alexandra – a student at university in Australia – became heir to the throne.

Iranian state media reported explosions near the port city of Bandar Abbas, and other locations, as US President Donald Trump warned a bigger attack was “waiting in the wings”.

The US military has posted a video showing some of its latest strikes on Iran.

Near the flood-destroyed Nepalese town that’s the last known location of an Australian family on a Hindu pilgrimage, South-East Asia correspondent Zach Hope finds communities struggling to understand the devastation.

Footage shows a knife-wielding woman confronting police officers in New York's Times Square moments before she was shot dead.

New UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has made his first speech in Parliament.

A second Australian missing in the Nepal flooding has been found alive, but 42 others are among the thousands still missing.

Trump gave a grab-bag of aims for starting the war. Now he has the additional problem of simply guaranteeing freedom of passage for the world’s energy supplies.

Luke Costanzo's family issues desperate plea to help find the missing Perth man in Nepal's disaster zone.

The soldier, known by his call sign “Mozzie” in Ukraine, was killed in action last Wednesday, according to his former Australian Army colleague, federal Liberal MP Phillip Thompson.

A second missing Australian has been found safe in Tibet, after almost a week unaccounted for.

Marius Borg Høiby was found guilty of rape in June and is serving his sentence under house arrest with an ankle tag while awaiting a new trial.

Lindsay Clancy's defense attorney discusses the ramifications of the case after the jury ended a third day of deliberations without reaching a verdict.

DFAT officials contacted the person, whom the government has not identified, on Tuesday to offer consular assistance and put them in touch with family members.