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 .

SNUGGLED up in the hay away from the elements, this adorable hoglet has sought solace with a familiar friend .

A care worker who broke her spine after jumping from a window to escape a sex attack at the hands of a resident has called for tougher safety measures to protect care staff .

WITH their robotic movements and pristine uniforms, these are the sexy traffic girls of North Korea that are becoming iconic figures in the secretive state .

A couple have got engaged after the bride-to-be’s boyfriend set her a Facebook ‘likes’ challenge .

HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .

A teenager has beaten anorexia after becoming so ill that her mum planned her funeral .

GETTING behind the camera, this monkey practices his photography skills on his friends .

DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .

A woman has shed half her body weight after undergoing a gastric sleeve op to shrink her stomach .

An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .

A woman brutally beaten in a revenge attack has slammed the soft sentence handed to her assailant .