Oscar Pistorius entered a courtroom Monday for the start of his murder trial, walking past the victim's mother who says she came to court so she can ‘really look him in the eyes.’ The trial was late in starting. More than a half-hour after the trial was to start, the judge had yet to arrive. Ms Steenkamp was shot three times through a locked bathroom door at Pistorius's home in Pretoria on Valentine's Day 2013. The former golden boy of South African athletics, who was arrested shortly afterwards, maintains his innocence and says he mistook his girlfriend for an intruder.……
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While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .
A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .
PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .
STARING open-mouthed into the camera, this shocked fish looks out of place in the middle of its angry friends .
Fishermen in Myanmar have perfected an unusual fishing technique by carefully balancing on one leg .
GLAMPING is taken to a whole new level in the form of the luxurious Pop-Up Hotel .
LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .
SITTING on a burning sofa unable to move, one man turns his terrifying dreams into reality .
A photographer from the United Arab Emirates travelled to Pakistan where he captured the lives of local people in a series of expressive portraits .
