The Piasa Bird mural in Alton, originally painted on a bluff, has been restored by artists like Ruth Means and Jack Buese.

Moving, surprising, inspiring, terrifying, shocking... This is a selection of images from our planet, over the past three ...

A teacher, who experienced the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake and the loss of her brother, discovers his diary and a message for life, which she shares with students.