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.
A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .
Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .
A woman with an irrational fear of toilets goes POTTY on the loo and runs away when she flushes, terrified it will swallow her up .
The sun is finally out, bringing a smile to many people’s faces – including this cute little dormouse’s! Grinning from ear to ear, this tiny dormouse appears to have been tickled by something as it clambered up this flower, basking in the sunshine, whilst having a little laugh to himself .
CREATED over 60 years ago, this weighty machine was the Photoshop of its time .
TUGGING on the wing of his sibling, this needy owl is after some attention .
A woman has told how she saved the life of her own rapist after he overdosed on pills shortly after attacking her .
WITH A wide smile plastered across his face, this little gecko is ready for his close up .
AN Irish woman has become the first adult in the world to receive a revolutionary REMOTE CONTROLLED 'ROBO SPINE', which uses magnets to combat the effects of scoliosis .
Gabrielle Dale, 26, was subjected to seven years of coercive control and physical abuse at the hands of her violent boyfriend Sean Owen, 29 .
A mum-of-two has worn the same t-shirt for an entire year to raise awareness of a 1 in 7 million condition that prevents her daughter from talking .