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

Cindy Carcamo is a staff writer in Food for the Los Angeles Times. She most recently covered immigration issues as a Metro reporter and, before that, served as Arizona bureau chief and national ...

With many parts of Los Angeles County still smoldering from wildfires, the expected rain this weekend would seem like a ...

The Altadena fire wiped out much of a historic black enclave in this picturesque town in the San Gabriel Valley.

Evacuation orders have been lifted for thousands of Californians, while new blazes ignited in the city of San Diego and on the Mexico border and a red flag emergency warning for critical fire risk was ...