From the crisp, snow clad mountains to vivid bright blue rivers, these breath-taking photographs capture the incredible beauty of various landscapes across France and Italy .

These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .

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 .

A support worker was stunned to discover she was eight months pregnant after she was rushed to hospital with 'stomach cramps' .

A Gary Barlow superfan has lost an incredible 11st after a selfie with the pop star left her horrified by her 22st 9lb figure .

Thousands of people are gathering at a stadium in Johannesburg for a memorial service for Nelson Mandela .

The aurora lights captured in Blair Nebraska, America - WITH electrifying purple and illuminous green brightening up the night sky, this is the rare moment a flash of 'sprite' lightening was captured on camera .

CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .

A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .

An elegant snowy owl spreads her wings and glides effortlessly above the snow covered field .

TWIN SISTERS from Australia have taken their sisterly bond to the extreme by spending £150,000 to look IDENTICAL .

When mum-of-three Becky Tully was told she couldn’t have any more children due to health reasons, she refused to give up on having the little girl she had always wanted .