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.……
If you had to scrape the snow off your car this morning or slip-slide your way into work over icy pavements spare a thought for these little critters .
Pouncing down on top of his twin brother, these two snow leopard cubs practice their kung-fu moves .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
MOUTH OPEN wide, this little stoat appears to be in mid-song as he belts out a tune for his onlookers .
SAT with his arms folded and a cross look on his face, this Gorilla looks like he's had enough of the Christmas holidays already .
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
This starling and prairie dog will not back down an inch as they have a fearsome stand-off over who gets to eat a nut .
A SPECTRUM of colours fills the sky during this spectacular and natural display of light .
PUSHING the diver out of his way, this little sea turtle shows he’s not in the mood for photographs .
AN EXERCISING turtle and an ice-skating chick are hardly everyday exploits in the animal community .