POPE MOBBED BY THOUSANDS OF WORSHIPPERS IN RIO - Thousands of worshippers gather to celebrate the Papal visit on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro ,Brazil .

From the tails of fighter planes to black and white checked buildings, graveyards take different and unusual forms around the world .

SWIMMING in unison, millions of silverside fish dwarf the divers .

ROLLING across a 65-metre-high viaduct in the Alps, the red carriages of the Bernina Express add a splash of colour to the spectacular snow-covered Swiss surroundings .

Southern England, the south-west and west Wales have been warned to expect more wild weather, with heavy rain and high tides possibly leading to coastal flooding and travel disruption over the weekend .

This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .

A proud stag attempts to impress the females by donning an enormous fern headdress in London's Bushy Park .

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

Two people have been arrested after a man and woman were shot dead at a house in the Midlands in the early hours of this morning .

A woman who blew £12k of her student loan on junk food and booze has lost 10st after ditching her unhealthy habits .

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

A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .