Almanac: Florence Nightingale
May 12, 1820, was the birthday of the founder of modern nursing, known as "The Lady With the Lamp"
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May 12, 1820, was the birthday of the founder of modern nursing, known as "The Lady With the Lamp"
Annual report from Save the Children highlights dangers of underweight mothers and poor medical care
Pope's first canonization ceremony includes hundreds who were beheaded for refusing to convert to Islam in the 15th century
Two car bombs exploded near Turkey's border with Syria; blasts raises fears Turkey could increasingly be drawn into Syria's civil war
Dawn attack carried out by man wildly swinging pickaxe apparently at random on passers-by, witnesses say
Guatemalan court has convicted former dictator Efrain Rios Montt on charges of crimes against humanity, sentencing him to 80 years in prison
Friend says Malcolm Shabazz, grandson of iconic political activist, dies in Mexico City after bar fight
The best images from the week's news events, May 3 - May 10, 2013
Once-bustling lakeside resort that spent a quarter century under water is coming up for air again in the Argentine farmlands
After a quarter century, village southwest of Buenos Aires has risen from the depths
As death toll from devastating garment factory collapse soars past 1,000, rescue 17 days after disaster offers rare glimmer of hope
Air and sea search fails to find Australian couple who fell from Carnival cruise ship in waters off Sydney
Photographer Giles Duley knows life after limb-loss is hard, but he felt lucky meeting refugees who are both displaced, and trapped
Recovery workers continue pulling bodies from the wreckage more than two weeks after the disaster
Photographer Giles Duley, a triple-amputee himself, meets Syrians deprived of home, country and, in many cases, their freedom