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.
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .
DIPPING and diving their way through this bumpy journey, these giraffe's duck for cover as they dodge multiple cables and wires .
MAKING himself at home, this little snail perches happily on top of this frog's head .
BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .
A woman has revealed how she didn’t know she was pregnant until she saw her baby’s head crowning .
FLEXING his muscles and staring straight at his opponent, this bodybuilding squirrel is the nuts .
A teacher has told how she was attacked by a murderer on her way home from a night out but courageously managed to charm him out of strangling her .
A woman who was left scarred for life by an acid attack orchestrated by her ex partner has told of her ordeal and her battled to rebuild her life .
PUCKERING up and enjoying some quality time, these are the most lovable monkeys on the planet .
Tina O’Brien, 54, from East Midlands, met Frederick Allchorne, now 62, when she was 15 .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013 .