POPE MOBBED BY THOUSANDS OF WORSHIPPERS IN RIO - Thousands of worshippers gather to celebrate the Papal visit on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro ,Brazil.- The Pope was mobbed by thousands of worshippers on the first day of his week-long visit to Brazil. 2 million pilgrims are expected to visit Rio this week for the first international trip by the new Pontiff, and the first visit by a South American Pope to the continent....
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
A group of otters put on a show of aqua aerobics, as they raise their flippers perfectly in sync .
A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .
A diver attempts to control rising numbers of lionfish by feeding the venomous species to Caribbean reef sharks .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
AIRPORT staff have been put on alert after diet pills that come in grenade shaped containers sparked security alerts .
A puppy bit off more than he could chew when he stole a six inch Chinese spare rib from his owner and swallowed it WHOLE, Cheeky Staffordshire bull terrier Rossi had his life SPARED when he underwent a life-saving operation to remove the bone from his stomach after swiping part of the takeaway meal .
At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
Daniel Blore, 21, of Innage Crescent, Bridgnorth, stabbed his mother three times in the attack on January 11 this year, Stafford Crown Court heard .
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
A WIMBLEDON-mad couple will be creating a racket this summer - after installing a TENNIS COURT in their living room .