The collapse of a hydropower dam in Laos' Attapeu province late Monday night has caused hundreds of people to go missing, with an unknown number of dead.

A man tortured animals using wooden stick to hit their heads while his friend recorded it on camera. They later shared the video on social media which resulted in backlash against their cruelty. The event took place in Kars, Turkey.

Footage captures the horrifying moment a high-rise building collapses in Sütlüce, a neighborhood in the Beyoğlu district of Turkey's Istanbul. The building topples off the edge of a dirt ditch as people watch on.

Various shots from a four-storey building in Istanbul's Beyoglu district which has been evacuated due to the risk of a possible landslide on July 24, 2018.

An American who had drunk too much stops a police car and reports himself.

The plain of Castelluccio, central Italy, rolled out a red, yellow and blue carpet for hordes of tourists this week as summer blooms erupted into color. Poppies, daisies and cornflowers have burst into flower for the "Fiorita" or natural flower show which emerges alongside the hamlet's famous lentil crop. This year the stunning display is particularly sweet as last year a vicious drought left the flowers gasping.

A team of journalists got an unexpected surprise from the sky after wrapping up filming when a Cessna training airplane hit the roof of their car.

Lightning flashes illuminate the sky over Bosphorus during a heavy rainfall in Istanbul, Turkey on July 24, 2018.

Incredible footage captured by a driver traveling on the Van- Hakkari highway in Turkey's southeast shows the moment a landslide gathered steam off the side of a mountain, sending up a large storm of dust in the process.

Two people were injured in Istanbul's Beşiktaş district after a cab driver lost control of the wheel and crashed into the side of a building, sending the vehicle halfway through the wall of the ground floor apartment.

Uncontrolled wildfires have forced hundreds of Greek residents to abandon their homes in two major blazes on the east and west coasts of the Attica region on Monday.

A plume of smoke turns large parts of the sky orange, with the ancient Acropolis hill at centre, as a forest fire burns in a mountainous area west of Athens, sending nearby residents fleeing on July 23, 2018. The fire department said five water-dropping planes and two helicopters were battling the blaze Monday in the Geraneia mountains near the seaside settlement of Kineta between Athens and Corinth, along with 30 firetrucks and 70 firefighters.

German soccer player Mesut Özil's decision to quit the national team due to "racism and disrespect" he faced over his Turkish roots has rattled Germany and threw a spotlight on the country's stance toward migrants. Özil's announcement came late on Sunday via social media. The player, who came under fire for having his photograph taken with Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in May, was especially piqued by criticism from German Football Association (DFB) head Reinhard Grindel, who he said b...

Firefighters are working to extinguish a fire which engulfed at a polyurethane factory in Turkey's southern Antalya province on July 23, 2018

A surveillance camera captured the moment a male thief stuffed 44 cans of energy drink down his pants, walking out the door and acting like nothing had happened in Illinois, U.S.

Zafer Erdem, who is a kinetic sculptor from Turkey's Rize, forged a giant iron weapon. Making the colossal gun took about one and a half months.

Amateur footage shows the scary moment a fairground ride in a Karachi amusement park went off the rails and crashed, in a tragic accident that killed and injured several people.

Various shots from archaeological site of Harran district in southeastern province of Sanliurfa, Turkey on July 23, 2018. Harran archaeological site which was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Temporary List in 2000, expects to be listed in the permanent UNESCO World Heritage List.

An Indian boy died after he was violently body slammed by an older classmate following an altercation. He lost consciousness and was unresponsive after he was pinned on the ground by the older boy as his classmates rushed to get help.

Various shots of damaged buildings and vehicles following a car bombing in Azaz district in Syria's Aleppo province on July 23, 2018.