Apricot, cherry and azalea blossom create a stunning landscape in south-west China.
Indonesian lawmakers on Wednesday ordered the demolition of a controversial luxury compound inside a penitentiary near the capital.
The municipality building in Baglung was left teetering on an unstable ledge due to floods before it fell into a river.
A surprise inspection at the prison revealed apartment-like units appearing to house inmates, equipped with televisions, a gym and fridges stocked with alcohol.
As sellers waded through floodwaters to sell produce like fish and vegetables from floating platforms and foam boxes, buyers walked or paddled between the makeshift stalls to buy their groceries.
BBC correspondent Azadeh Moshiri reports from Delhi, where hundreds of women are protesting.
Heavy rain over the last two days has overwhelmed Bangkok's water systems, with more rain forecast on Sunday.
Days of near continuous downpours have caused widespread flooding in the Thai capital.
Around 175,000 people in Indonesia have suffered from respiratory illness since August.
The BBC is in Inner Mongolia where dozen of Chinese data centres are being constructed, as the country aims to lead the world in artificial intelligence.
Lian Yunzhi broke the women's world record twice in three days at World Cube Association competitions.
The typhoon is passing Japan's eastern coast, bringing major disruption and heavy rainfall in its wake.
Verified footage appears to show a cargo ship colliding with a fishing boat near Singapore, with investigators still working to establish exactly when and how the crash happened.
BBC Eye has discovered a teacher who was imprisoned for sexually assaulting a student in Indonesia has been secretly released early.
The BBC goes inside a fortified storage facility to view luxury goods seized by police that are now up for auction.
Rescuers are searching for survivors after the vessel travelling from the mainland to a popular tourist destination caught fire.
Emergency teams were still searching for at least 86 missing people in the waters off the coast of Coron, in the Philippines.
Police say they hope the drill will help prepare students, as concern grows over the increase in school shootings in South East Asia.
Chandika Shrestha was airlifted to hospital after spending more than 10 days in her partially buried house.
There are still hundreds of workers trapped in a network of tunnels that run along the Trishuli river.
Rescuers pull two people from a hydropower tunnel more than a week after a massive flash flood devastated the Nepal-China border.
