The 25-year-old pro-surfer was seen riding the waves off a Hawaii beach with her baby bump on proudly on show in an athletic bikini. Last month, Bethany and husband Adam Dirks revealed they were expecting their first child together.

Jason Matthew Bristol, 33, of Youngtown, Arizona, pictured on surveillance video left and right and inset in his mugshot, made the plan to take his daughter after he was told the baby girl, who was born with drugs in her system, was going to be taken into custody by child protective services. After placing the newborn in a bag, he is seen on surveillance video sneaking her out of Banner Thunderbird Medical Center in January before making it home without being caught. He was arrested alongside the child's mother, Diana McKinney, 30, pictured inset far left.

Kate, 33, was at St. Paul's Cathedral with her husband Prince William and later prompted a few smiles of her own, when she grimaced after getting a kick in the ribs from her unborn child. Later, the Duchess, who is eight months pregnant, stood quietly beside her husband for the veterans' parade and flypast that followed the service. The Duchess will be back on duty next week when she pays her annual St. Patrick's Day visit to the Irish Guards.

Melbourne-based Erica Holloway, 30, has known that she was asexual since the age of 15. She and husband Andrew, also 30, have been married since 2012 but have never had sex. Since the pair married in Australia almost two years ago, Andrew has slept with ten other women, including a number of professional escorts.

GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING: The images have been posted on social media in recent days reportedly by U.S.-trained Iraqi Special Forces who are advancing against jihadi strongholds in Iraq. One Instagram account under the name of Iraqi_lion18 contains numerous pictures of severed heads and mutilated bodies. The account holder warns of 'revenge' for the massacre by ISIS in June of hundreds of military cadets at a base near Tikrit called Camp Speicher. The cache of images emerged after Shi'ite militia leaders fighting with Iraqi troops said the current offensive on Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit would be an opportunity to avenge their deaths.

Josh Brolin saved a surfer from drowning by pulling him onto his surfboard and getting him to shore while on vacation in Hawaii. the actor's heroic efforts were all caught on tape by a bystander. Brolin came to the rescue after spotting the man floating face down in the water,

Arias (left), who was convicted of murdering her boyfriend Travis Alexander (bottom right with Arias) in 2008, gave testimony in secret at the hearing in Phoenix, Arizona - but officials were forced to hand over the footage (top right) and a transcript after a legal challenge from the media. At one point she said that seeing Alexander's family speak of their grief in court made her 'wish so badly that I could just take that away from them, and that I could reverse what I did.'

Christian Saint, from New York, has been photographing solely inked models for eight years, after becoming disillusioned with what he calls 'narrow-minded ideals of beauty'. His new book Tattoo Super Models, (featuring l-r Hattie Watson, Cleo Wattenstrom and Vanessa Lake) celebrates this alternative kind of beauty. The compendium documents his work from 2007-2015, what he describes as his seminal years as a tattoo photographer. The women featured have incredible bodies, but it is the intricate artwork etched onto them that makes them interesting.

NEW Nicholas Vega, 23, (top right) allegedly lured 15-year-old Emily Lindsey (below) away from her home in Houston, Texas on Thursday night. Police later apprehended them - and found Vega had an arsenal of weapons including a 9mm pistol, knives, handcuffs and a chain along with magazines for the weapon and bullets (main).

NEW Terry Tackett, 52, (right) allegedly demanded money from retired software executive Paul Vagnozzi, 61, (inset) from Detroit, Michigan, after learning about the sexual encounters he had with Jessica Tackett, 25, (left). According to federal prosecutors the businessman met Jessica at a strip club in 2008, where she was working as a topless dancer to help support her family. They then started a relationship where he would pay for sex, court documents have revealed. That summer, he allegedly paid to have a threesome with Jessica's cousin. Her father found out about the illicit encounter in October and threatened Mr Vagnozzi - saying the girl was underage and that he would tell the police unless he was paid. He is now facing 119 federal charges and faces up to 20 years in prison.

NEW Cara Ryan, 45, (left and center) killed John Joseph Rush, also 45, (right) at her home in Indian Rocks Beach, Florida around 11pm on Saturday. The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office initially said the shooting occurred during a domestic dispute and they did not bring any charges, but on Friday, they said that Ryan had been arrested. The couple, who have a daughter together, had divorced in 2003 but then they later moved back in with each other. Their relationship had hit another rough patch though and he had moved out last month.

WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGES: A man walking in Fruit Heights, Utah, discovered the skull (bottom right) of Theresa Greaves (top right), who was 23-years-old when she went missing from her home in 1983. Police later searched the hillside (left) and discovered more bones and clothing that helped identify the New Jersey native, whose disappearance has been unsolved for 31 and a half years. The victim's parents have died and police have been unable to contact any living relatives.

NEW Sat undressed in bed wearing Minnie Mouse ears and pulling a goofy expression, a 29-year-old Madonna appears to be completely at ease in front of the camera. Maybe that's because she was in the capable hands of Herb Ritts - widely considered one of the top photographers in the world until his death from AIDS in 2002 at the age of 50. The candid black-and-white portrait of Madonna is just one of dozens to be featured in a new hotly-anticipated exhibit of Ritts' work at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston opening on Satuday.

Michel'le Toussant 'married' the CEO of Death Row Records Suge Knight in 1999. They were together for eight years; Knight was in prison for six of them 'I was like a princess in a castle never allowed out,' she says. Michel'le decided to show her now 12-year-old daughter Bailei (at left with Suge in 2006 and at right with her mom) the shocking footage of when Knight allegedly mowed down the two victims before she saw it elsewhere. Bailei, now 12, was very upset and asked not about her dad but 'how are the other people?'. Michel'le and Bailie spoke to Knight two weeks ago.

After 10 days of being apart from one another Jasper the cat pounces on her canine companion Bow-Z (pictured) and keeps on hugging him in a YouTube video posted by joshbouz in 2012.As soon as Jasper catches a glimpse of Bow-Z she can't help but wrap her tiny arms around his neck.'Meow,' jasper exclaims several times as if to say, 'I missed you so much. How could you ever leave me?'

St. Louis teen John Thomas Classen, 17 (main), was 'in love' with his friend's sister and kidnapped the girl early Thursday, planning to smother and 'rape her dead body', then flee town, police said. Classen broke into the family's O'Fallon home (bottom right) using a window he had deliberately left unlocked two days earlier, before hiding in the basement and snatching the victim four hours later while she slept. The mom woke and called police, who were able to stop Classen in his car nearby 35 minutes later and rescue the girl, who was taken to hospital with minor injuries (top right).

Heroic Texan schoolteacher Joy Veron, now 46, suffered horrific injuries by throwing herself under a SUV that was rolling towards the brink of a Colorado canyon with her children inside. She saved the lives of her three children, then aged two, five and seven. But 11 years on she says that her marriage did not survive the strain of her years of rehab.

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT - Video footage has emerged of the prolonged attack on the 18-year-old, which was watched by a jeering 1,000-strong crowd in Nagaland, India. Ibo Cha was dragged into the centre Meluri village, stripped, strung up with rope and beaten for an hour before dying of his injuries. It took place in the same Indian state an alleged rapist was kidnapped from jail and murdered earlier this month. Neither men had been convicted of any crimes.

Australian couple Kate and David Ogg were left devastated when doctors told them one of their prematurely-born twins had passed away in March 2010. But the new parents refused to accept that their son was dead, and asked if they could nurse the lifeless child to keep him warm and spend some precious time with him. Remarkably, while he was being cradled in his mother's arms on the hospital bed, he suddenly gasped and opened his eyes - and even reached out to grasp his father's finger (pictured left). Now five years old, Jamie (top and bottom right with his twin sister Emily and other siblings) is fit and healthy.

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT Daniel Burroughs (inset), 66, of Mays Landing N.J. was missing for almost seven years. Loretta Doyle Burroughs (right) , his 63-year-old wife, is on trial for his murder. Chopped up remains rotted in Tupperware for seven years, detective Caroline MacDonald (left) told the court. Two plastic totes were wrapped in multiple layers of garbage bags to contain 'the strong smell of decomposition.' Some of the bags contained scented dryer sheets and liquid air freshener beads. Burroughs claimed her husband drove off to Florida with a younger woman. Victim's suspicious best friend secretly recorded a phone call with the accused.

In May 1929, Irish born Lady Mary Heath was met by thousands after becoming the first person to fly the length of Africa solo (right). Eleven years later she died, an alcoholic, after falling from a tram. During the years in between, she married Trinidadian jockey Jack Williams (pictured together, left) who was cruelly called 'little n*****' in the high society circles in which she mixed. Then she lost a battle to become a commercial pilot because having a period was deemed a 'disability'. Lastly, she was overshadowed by the feats of Amelia Earhart who crossed the Atlantic in 1929. It sent her into a spiral of decline from which she wouldn't recover and was unearthed during filming of a new BBC documentary recreating her flight (inset).

Dun Meng, a Chinese national who was studying engineering at Northeastern University, was carjacked and driven around at gunpoint by Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev (below left) three days after the brothers detonated homemade bombs at the marathon, killing three people and injuring 264. The court watched surveillance footage of the minutes after Meng made a split-second decision to flee from the terrorists (top left). He is seen running for his life from his SUV, across a gas station forecourt and a road into another nearby gas station (main image).

Elena Komleva (pictured), from Cheliabinsk in southern Russia, placed the advert on a social media website - and was soon flooded with offers. The 29-year-old toe-nail painting artist described it as a 'contest' adding that her mother would select the winning candidate. She wrote: 'My mother needs grandchildren to give them all the baby clothes she has been collecting. But nobody wants to marry me yet.'

NEW Arlie Smith, (top right) 45, has worked at the big box store in Danville, California, (bottom right) for more than 21 years and has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis as well as terminal cancer that spread to his bones. A group of customers and his wife Shari (left) planned since October to surprise him with a resort vacation to Laguna Beach. The greeter says his main focus is not on himself, but on raising money for a nearby children's hospital.

As fearless boys do back-flips near their village of Nghiem Xuyen in Vietnam, novice Buddhist monks in Myanmar show their balancing skills on what is dubbed the 'perfect playground', Hsinbyume Pagoda. Meanwhile, daredevil boys climb the main minaret of the Grand Mosque in Bani, Burkina Faso, seemingly oblivious to what could happen if they slip. These incredible scenes of youthful frolicking from around the globe feature among incredible wildlife, serene landscapes and natural wonders that make up the finalists in Smithsonian's 12th Annual Photo Contest.

This is the heartwarming moment a soldier is reunited with his very excitable dog after being overseas in Afghanistan for seven months. Video footage shows Simba the hound scampering around at home in Crestview, Florida, anticipating Sgt. Paul DiPaolo, 29, to arrive. Then, as soon as his master opens the front door, the canine jumps all over him, eventually forcing him to the ground. Mr DiPaolo's wife, April, can be heard laughing as she films the sweet scene unfold.

Photographer Paul Goldstein has chosen some of his favorite snaps from trips to places as far afield as the Masai Mara and Spitsbergen in northern Norway. (Clockwise from left) A cub enjoys himself as his lion mother licks him clean in Kenya; A calf holds on to its mother's tail as the elephants take a stroll around Masai Mara lodge in Kenya; A walrus mother and calf enjoying the sunshine in Spitsbergen, Norway.

Seattle-based photographer Brandon Hill conceives and executes the images of his one-year-old son Maddex's acrobatic adventures, with the help of a little Photoshop, as a part of his ongoing picture series Madd Stunts. Maddex can be seen getting into precarious situations at Pike Market, Kerry Park and Seattle's famous gum wall among other locations and neighborhoods across the city.

Forget walkies, this debonair dog's more likely to be doing wheelies. Video captured by Chris Hayes at the Los Gatos Creek Trail in California shows a white fluffy dog cruising along in a miniature Mercedes. The pup doesn't appear to have a care in the world as his whizzes along a tarmac path with the breeze blowing in his fur.

Blind Jia Haixa (pictured above right climbing a tree) and double amputee Jia Wenqi (pictured above, left watering a sapling), both 53, have found a unique way of working together by becoming each other's hands and eyes in the rural village of Hebei, China. Just 10 years ago the pair started working together to create a riverbank woodland and have now planted 10,000 trees. 'I am his hands and he is my eyes,' says Mr Haixia. 'We are a good team.'

Powerful, eyes fixed strongly on the photographer, and in natural poses and attire, Gonnord's captures the forgotten groups of society who exist on the 'underbelly' of globalisation. Featured are a bearded man gazing powerfully at the camera, (right), a mother cradling her baby, (left), and a boy leaning on a sack, (centre). French-born, Madrid-based, Pierre Gonnord gives a face to insular communities, tribes and clans that might otherwise risk invisibility from the cyber-pages of history. The dramatic images will form part of the photographer's new exhibition at New York's Hasted Kraeutler art gallery.