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 .

FLYING through the air, these delighted pooches pull their best poses mid-flight .

A woman who suffered from an allergic reaction to hair dye that made her face swell to twice its size has been left too scared to leave the house .

A middle-aged couple from Somerset have developed a rather unusual hobby to occupy their time: writing to killers on death row .

BOXING DAY has come early for this pair of feisty squirrels, as their Christmas party quickly turns sour .

While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .

A diver explores the crystal clear waters of the Silfra canyon in southern Iceland, which is the only place on Earth where you can dive or snorkel between two continental plates .

WELCOME to the Hidden Beach - the world's most idyllic BOMB SITE .

Here’s a pair of shoes that really are fit for a princess, and with a price tag of more than £276,000, they are the most expensive shoes in the world .

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 .

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 .

An Italian photographer travelled to the highlands of New Guinea where he met an Indonesian tribe untouched by the modern world .