Max Butterworth

1 week ago | nbcnews.com | Alexander Murray Smith |Sam Gregg |Max Butterworth |Henry Austin

Updated More than 130 cardinals from all over the world are gathering today for the papal conclave — a centuries-old tradition through which a new head of the Catholic Church is elected. Barred from leaving or making any contact with the outside world, the church leaders must vote until they select the next leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics. When the choice is made, white smoke will billow from the Apostolic Palace.

2 weeks ago | nbcnews.com | Patrick Smith |Max Butterworth

Updated A huge power outage is affecting large parts of Spain and Portugal today, including both countries' capitals, Madrid and Lisbon, according to various reports and official accounts. Airports have been disabled, and shops and offices are in the dark. It is unclear how many people have been affected. Parts of France were also briefly hit. The Spanish government is holding an emergency meeting in Madrid.

2 weeks ago | nbcnews.com | Max Butterworth |Henry Austin

They came from far and wide, the U.S., the U.K. and South America among other places, all united in their desire to pay their last respects to Pope Francis. Outside St. Peter’s Basilica, thousands of people lined up for hours, some waiting in the cold twilight hours of Thursday morning to catch a glimpse of the pontiff’s body as it lies in a simple wooden coffin, dressed in red liturgical vestments, his hands folded and holding a rosary.

3 weeks ago | nbcnews.com | Max Butterworth |Mithil Aggarwal |Jean-Nicholas Fievet |Erik Ortiz

Updated This morning, a solemn bell tolled as a ceremonial procession of patriarchs, cardinals, archbishops, bishops, canons and other priests carried Pope FrancisSt. Peter's Basilica. Before setting off, Cardinal Kevin Farrell presided over a ceremony in Santa Marta, where the leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics lived and died.

1 month ago | nbcnews.com | Nat Sumon |Mithil Aggarwal |Max Butterworth

BANGKOK — The death toll from a 7.7-magnitude earthquake in Myanmar climbed to more than 2,700 on Tuesday, as the scale of the destruction in the isolated, war-torn Southeast Asian nation became clearer. The military-led government declared a national week of mourning on Monday, three days after the midday earthquake shook Myanmar and neighboring Thailand.