A continent is one of several large landmasses on Earth. They are generally identified by cultural convention rather than any strict criteria. Technically, there are only four complete separated landmasses on earth The Americas, Eurasiafrica, Australia and Antarctica. Although seven regions are commonly regarded as continents – they are (from largest in size to smallest): Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia.
Plate tectonics is the geological process and study of the movement, collision and division of continents, earlier known as continental drift.
The UK announces it has temporarily banned the export of this Celtic mirror and two brooches, found in the county of Kent in 1993
The global credit crunch and the new US president are reflected on a lantern carried by a reveller marking carnival in Basel, Switzerland.
The coffins of army officers killed by mutinous border guards are taken for burial in Banani graveyard in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
French artist Annette Messager sits in London with her 'Inflated-Deflated' work depicting human body parts and other shapes.
Final security checks take place before China's top advisory body, the People's Political Consultative Conference, opens in Beijing.
