T least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. TV footage showed bloodied runners and spectators being treated at the scene and the road strewn with debris.
An Italian photographer travelled to the highlands of New Guinea where he met an Indonesian tribe untouched by the modern world .
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
AN ANGRY giraffe gave a bush-riding cyclist a scare when he stomped his £2K bike into the dirt .
An artist has transformed traditional Thanksgiving dinners into mini-masterpieces .
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .
A cheeky owl fancies a game of hide and seek as it peeps out from behind a tree .
A mining town in Australia’s outback appears to be completely deserted, but its residents have escaped the scorching heat by living in underground caves .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
RESTING his weary head on his flipper, this little seal pup takes a much needed nap after an afternoon of strenuous yoga .
A soap bubble lands on the frosty ground and creates a shimmering snow globe as crystals form around it .
From squids to Star Wars, these flipping marvellous creations are pancake portraits .