Ceremony and Country will be front and centre at Garma's four-day Bukmak festival bringing thousands together, including a world-famous blue heeler.
Robyn Wuth
One man has been gored in the chest and another in his thigh as the cobblestone chaos of a historic year of Pamplona's running of the bulls came to a close.
Staff Writers
A future Pope will "welcome us back", a priest from an excommunicated ultra-conservative Catholic sect says.
Marleen Kaesebier
A winter arts festival is attracting crowds to Bondi again and helping its community heal in the wake of tragedy.
Duncan Murray
A festival of art, music, light and technology lights up the winter, showing that machines can be beautiful too.
Liz Hobday
A breakaway right-wing Catholic group that ordained bishops without Pope Leo's approval are in schism with the church and excommunicated, the Vatican says.
Pope Leo has made his first major appointment of a woman to the Holy See hierarchy, nominating a nun to head the Vatican office responsible for migrants.
Both anti-Jewish and anti-Muslim hate have increased dramatically online in the wake of real-world events, reshaping Australia's cultural discourse.
Duncan Murray and Samantha Lock
US President Donald Trump has formally kicked off celebrations for America's 250th anniversary.
Nandita Bose and Trevor Hunnicutt
Counter-terrorism police say they have charged a third man in relation to the firebombing of a synagogue that caused worldwide outrage.
Melissa Meehan
The Church of England is "profoundly sorry" for the "pain, trauma and stigma" caused to those affected by decades of forced adoption.
Danica Kirka
Pope Leo XIV has travelled to the Canary Islands, a migration hotspot where he has appealed to world leaders to treat humanely those fleeing war and poverty.
Joshua McElwee
The Pope has been greeted by an enthusiastic crowd of 40,000 as he spoke Spanish and Catalan during a prayer vigil at Barcelona's Olympic Stadium.
Pope Leo has addressed Spain's parliament, urging politicians to work to end wars and help migrants at a time of "violence, polarisation, and mutual distrust".
The royal commission on anti-Semitism stands to do more harm than good for social cohesion unless it gets a key, highly divisive, definition right.
The family of a former governor-general and archbishop has described how he became a "lightning rod" for institutional failures to prevent child sexual abuse.
Nick Wilson
All people can contribute to a more peaceful society with small but important steps, Pope Leo has said during a prayer for peace.
Sydney's Vivid festival has made a safety call after almost 90 drones fell from the sky during a public performance.
Alex Mitchell
Darwin has a higher per capita concentration of wall murals than any other major Australian city, making it the street art capital of Australia.
Lloyd Jones
The annual Hajj pilgrimage, one of the Five Pillars of Islam, has begun with more than 1.5 million pilgrims arriving in Saudi Arabia from outside the nation.
Pope Leo has issued his first major document, urging international regulation to slow down the development of AI systems.
Pope Leo XIV has called for robust regulation of artificial intelligence and for its developers to work for the common good rather than profit.
Pope Leo has visited Italy's "Land of Fires", which is known for toxic waste dumping, and slammed those making "dizzying" profits while soiling the environment.
Ciro De Luca and Joshua McElwee
Sydney's Vivid Festival is back with organisers promising a bold new festival full of surprises, as global acts dazzle and drones light up the sky.
Morgan Reinwald
