The 28-year-old took part in what has been billed as America's first $1 million match at the exclusive Greenwich Polo Club in aid of Sentebale, the charity he set up to help children in Lesotho.

Authorities in California are considering whether to seek criminal charges against Tassie Anne Behrens (top right), 26, in connection to the deaths of her two young children, who apparently drowned in the pool (top left) as she slept indoors. Behrens told police that she did not call 911 and decided to drive the dying toddlers, Harley and Jason (center), to a fire station because she feared her friend was going to get in trouble for failing to fence in the pool.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has released five photos of a man (left) carefully taken from four videos in which he can be seen sexually assaulting a young girl believed to be between seven and nine years old. The man has been identified by the ICE as John Doe and a warrant for his arrest was signed on Friday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Authorities believe the acts were committed in the U.S. because a Frito-Lay Rold Gold bag for thin pretzels, made only in the U.S. (pictured bottom right), can be seen in the videos.

Daydream Island, in Queensland, has doubtless shot to the top of the shopping list for the mega-rich after going up for sale for £75million. The 4km-long island is covered in lush rainforest, and features the world's largest man-made coral reef lagoon. Its hotel boasts a private golden beach for each guest, and the outdoor aquarium features 50 different corals and 80 types of sea life.

John Brennan, from Portland, Oregon, was acquitted of indecent exposure after the April 17 showdown with a TSA agent who said he found nitrates on Brennan's clothes. Four TSA officials and a police officer testified yesterday about the chain of events that led to Brennan taking off his clothes in the middle of the airport.

'All children want is something stable,' said Joyce Dumont, a member of the Chippewa Native American tribe in North Dakota. 'Just that you care.' Mrs Dumont lives with her third husband Buddy, 77, and their possessions are slim - neither uses a cell phone or computer, and their modest one-story home near the Canadian border has just three small bedrooms, with extra beds in the living room and basement to accommodate their family.

University of Houston scientists have found evidence of human settlements after using laser mapping to 'see' through dense forest in Honduras.They believe they may have discovered the legendary Ciudad Blanca, the fabled 'White City' of gold.

When 16-year-old Dylan Worthen of Douglasville, Georgia opened his high school yearbook this week he was hoping the rumors about him weren't true. Under his photo showing him posing with his school’s marching band, his last name had been changed as the suspected butt of a cruel joke to now read: 'Worthen-Freak.'

Greg Karber (seen left) produced a video in which he drives to East Los Angeles to visit skid row and gives out the brand's clothing. Mr Karber launched 'Fitch the Homeless' after reading reports alleging that the company safeguards its image (models seen bottom right) by destroying unsold clothing rather than donating it to those in need. The retailer's CEO, Mike Jeffries, 'doesn't want his core customers to see people who aren't as hot as them wearing his clothing,' according to Robin Lewis, co-author of The New Rules of Retail.

Pastor Matt Carter was out for a hunt with NFL quarterback Colt McCoy in Austin, Texas when he managed to catch a bird with his bare hand. The two friends had a film crew on hand because they were capturing footage for a new book they co-authored on manhood. The video was posted to YouTube on Monday and has gone viral on the web.

Samy and Amy Bouzaglo, who clashed with TV chef, inset top left left, after inviting him to critique their Arizona bistro Amy's Baking Company, took on the entire Internet after their spat with Ramsay was ridiculed online. Criticism for their restaurant was rife on Reddit, Yelp and Facebook but the Bouzaglos, pictured above, then exposed themselves to further ridicule by writing on their Facebook page, inset: 'To Reddit - I forbid you from spreading your hate. We will get you.'

Missouri native Ryan Fogle (pictured left after his arrest in Russia and, right, wearing his disguise) , a U.S. diplomat, has been ordered to leave the country and Ambassador Michael McFaul was today summoned to the Foreign Ministry to discuss the embarrassing arrest. A St. Louis, Missouri, native, Fogle graduated in 2002 from $22,000-a-year high school Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School before heading to upstate New York to study at Colgate University, where he pledged to the Phi Delta Theta fraternity and was active in student government.

Barbie The Dreamhouse Experience, a 10,000 square foot pink paradise of plastic, has opened in Sunrise, Florida - allowing Barbie's most ardent admirers to live out their girlish fantasies in the life-size dollhouse. Every little girl's dream of inhabiting the world of the venerable all-American doll can now become a reality in the interactive experience.

World War 2 vet John Potter, 91, is fighting to prevent his own daughter from evicting him from his home in Zaleski, Ohio where he has lived for over 50 years. When John Potter was battling serious illness in 2004 he handed his general power of attorney rights to his daughter Janice Cottrill, left. She used that power to convey the deed to the house over to her and now she wants him out.

The series by Jeffrey Milstein is entitled 'AirCraft: The Jet As Art', and features craft ranging from the Boeing 747 to a Goodyear blimp. His subjects also include a Sikorsky SK-64E Helicopter, an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 emblazoned with Disney characters and the Lockheed Martin F-22A Raptor, a $137million plane known as 'the most fearsome jet fighter in history'. Mr Milstein captures the images by positioning himself at the end of the runway at Los Angeles International Airport and pointing his camera upwards.

Police in Lincoln City say 42-year-old Richard Swanson was hit on Tuesday morning while attempting to dribble a soccer ball 10,000 miles to Brazil in time for the 2014 World Cup for charity. He was declared dead at a hospital. The driver has not been charged and is said to be cooperating.

Craig Sanner (pictured top right), the fire chief in West Newtown, Pennsylvania, received a rap on the knuckles for allowing his son Dustin, who volunteers at the station, and his girlfriend to use the truck. Photographs reveal the formally-dressed couple grinning in front of the truck, wearing helmets and wielding fire fighters' axes before they drove the seven miles to Yough High School. While they paid for their own gas, the truck should have been available to respond to emergencies if necessary.

'Vapers' - dedicated enthusiasts of electronic cigarettes - say the vapors they inhale, along with nicotine, are far safer than the tar and raft of chemicals in tobacco cigarettes, while still supplying the same nicotine buzz. This emerging subculture of smokers is obsessed with the customizable wizz-bang technology of electronic cigarettes. Some 'vapers' spend thousands to trick out their smoking pieces with the newest upgrades.

The poignant photograph was taken in the city of Deir al-Zor, which has been the scene of fighting between rebel soldiers and government troops as recently as this week. Today the U.N. General Assembly is expected to approve an Arab-backed resolution calling for a political transition in Syria and strongly condemning President Bashar Assad's regime.

Only 62 left-hand drive 2000GT Toyota cars, which boast a top speed of 135mph, were ever built and only a handful were ever exported out of Japan. The model was the first Japanese sports car able to give European manufacturers a run for their money. Today it is considered the most desirable and collectible Japanese automobile ever produced.

Despite the 70 million euro of investment that was ploughed into Spain's MP-203 highway, the project was shelved six years ago while the route was only 70 per cent complete. These desolate images capture deserted toll plazas (below left) and weeds growing in the middle of the surface of the ghost road (above left) in Madrid. The pictures of a multi-million euro project in decline were particularly resonant today, as it emerged the Eurozone has slumped into its longest recession ever.

Stan 'The Man' Bronson, Jr. first took to the field for the Tigers at the University of Memphis in 1958 and has been going strong ever since - earning campus renown. He was awarded the title of 'most durable batboy' by the Guinness World Records at a ceremony in May 2007, and the game's announcer, Jeff Brightwell, calls him a 'living legend'.

Researchers from the University of Manchester have used pioneering CT scanning techniques to take high-resolution 3D images of a caterpillar as it morphs into a painted lady butterfly. The technology was able to scan the 5mm pupas and is an alternative to dissection, which requires killing different specimens at different development stages.