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 .

WITH his spiked ears and yellow and blue body, a colourful monkey bears an uncanny resemblance to Marvel Comics’ Wolverine .

PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .

A woman who starved herself to look like Cheryl Cole has told how she shrunk to just under 5st 13lbs after developing anorexia .

Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .

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 .

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 .

A disabled sheep is enjoying a new fleece of life after receiving a specially-designed wheelchair .

A miracle baby born with half-a-heart will make this Mother's Day extra special for her mum - as she was given just 24 hours to live .

A woman has lost an incredible 13st after a group of men cruelly threw a kebab at her as she walked down the street .

COVERING themselves in ash and face paint, these are the holy men who live their lives away from everyday society .

THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS - 250 DRIVERS ARRESTED FOR STREET RACING IN BIRMINGHAM- In Pic - The start line on the Heartlands Parkway Nechels Birmingham .