US photographer Steve McCurry has travelled over 80 times to India capturing raw moments during his visits. His incredible new book, India, features 100 images of everyday people in extraordinary rural and urban settings. See a child dressed as a Hindu deity asking for alms at a religious festival, along with a striking Rabari tribal elder.
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The man who SLEPT at Chernobyl: Traveller's chilling account of 48 hours inside desolate nuclear exclusion zone (but he was welcomed with vodka)
Discarded dolls lying in nurseries (centre) and the eerie remains of decaying bumper cars and rides (top right) - these are the scenes of one of the world's most haunting locations, Chernobyl. Despite the stark, barren sights, tourists are flocking in increasing numbers to the Ukrainian disaster site. Explorer Ric Gazarian went one step further and decided to spend the night there - and MailOnline Travel spoke to him about his extraordinary experiences, which included seeing an old nursery (top left) and rooms in abandoned apartments (bottom left and bottom right).
Now that's worth getting out of bed for: The best hotel breakfasts in the world include lobster omelettes, Wagyu beef and even a chocolate fountain
Hotels now employ world-renowned chefs to work on their Sunday brunch. Five star breakfast items include lobster ragout and foie gras creme brulee. MailOnline picks the best of the brunch. Pictured clockwise from top left: The Raffles Hotel, Singapore, The St, Regis Resort, Bali (and inset), The Landmark Hotel, London, and The Bacchanal Buffet, Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas.
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Give your holiday the X Factor: Inside the luxurious judges' houses in Rome, LA, the Cotswolds and France that YOU can stay in
Cheryl's Groups headed to a villa in Rome (top right), Simon's Overs category jetted off to a chateau in France (top left), Nick's Boys stayed in a house in the Cotswolds (bottom right), while Rita Ora took the Girls to a luxury private house in LA (bottom left). MailOnline Travel has gone inside to see what's in store for prospective guests.
Breathe in! Prague's narrowest street is so tiny that TRAFFIC LIGHTS have been installed to stop people colliding as they walk down the 19.6in-wide gap
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Ask the experts! Luxury hotel managers reveal where THEY like to stay on holiday... and say first-class hospitality is the key to a good vacation
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Astonishing pictures show the remains of an Airbus A330's engine after its cladding SNAPPED OFF during take-off... (but the Germanwings pilots did not notice)
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A pool with a view: Architects unveil plans for spectacular new hotel with rooftop infinity pool at Battersea Power Station
The hotel is part of an £8billion riverside development to transform the 42-acre former brownfield site in Battersea, London, into homes, shops, cafes, offices and public space, including the restoration of the Grade II-listed power station. It will be run by the Amsterdam-based group art'otel and is due to open in a Lord Foster-designed building in 2019. The residents' infinity pool and bar (pictured top) will be on the 60-metre high roof, next to gardens designed by the team behind New York's High Line. It is the crowning feature of the 160-room hotel which will also have a dining room and bar at the top of it, complete with panoramic views of the London skyline (bottom).
Haunting never-before-seen photographs of Titanic's launch go up for auction: Incredible images 'found in a cupboard' show doomed ship sliding into the water at a Belfast shipyard
The snaps were taken at 12.15pm on May 31, 1911, by a Belfast businessman who was given close access to the doomed liner inside the Harland and Wolff shipyard. After being launched, engineers spent months fitting Titanic's engines, funnels and superstructure before her sea trials began on April 2, 1912. The 45,000 ton liner set off from Southampton on April 10 on her maiden voyage to New York but struck an iceberg at 11.40pm on April 14 and sunk less than three hours later at 2.20am on April 15 with the loss of 1,523 lives.
Let it fly: Amazing timelapse video shows the creation of a FROZEN-themed Boeing 737 decorated with 600 litres of paint
Painters from Canada, the US and Germany were hired for the around-the-clock project - which shows Olaf on a beach near the front of the plane while the sisters work icy winter magic from the tail. The inside of the plane, which was painted in Fort Worth, Texas, has a changing season theme with blue and yellow lighting, overhead bins and headrests covered in sunflowers and snowflakes.
Record-breaking travel revealed: The over-the-top hotels, astonishing plane journeys and breathtaking natural wonders that you have to see to believe
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It's Euro Dismaland! Theme park created by Banksy is dismantled and used to create shelters for migrants at The Jungle in Calais
On a runway far, far away... Chewbacca and stormtroopers buckle in as Japanese airline's Star Wars-themed jet makes its maiden flight
The Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner JA873A, that is also known as, the 'R2-D2 ANA JET, took flight from Haneda, Japan, to Vancouver, Canada on Sunday. The day before the maiden journey, fans turned up dressed as their favourite characters to see the new planes, which have been decorated in the familiar blue and white stripes of the lovable droid R2-D2.
Monarch flight to Malaga forced to make emergency landing in Manchester because part of the aircraft WING was 'hanging off'
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