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

A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .

An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .

A couple celebrated tying the knot with a spectacular Alice in Wonderland-themed wedding reception .

Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .

THE TOWERING Irish cliffs of Moher stand tall over the rippling Atlantic Ocean .

An obese woman has lost 9st after an addiction to junk food left her £1 .

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 .

Pouncing down on top of his twin brother, these two snow leopard cubs practice their kung-fu moves .

A woman has spoken of her heartbreak after she was rejected by an adoption agency because of her pregnancy phobia .

A KITTEN'S teaparty and rat's playing dominoes are the bizarre creations by one of Britain's great eccentrics pictured in an incredible new book .

A woman has revealed how she was left scarred for life after accidentally falling into a bonfire at a friend’s BBQ .