Twelve weeks ago, Chloe Dunstan (bottom left), from Perth, Australia, gave birth to triplets after being forced to make a heart-wrenching decision: give birth early and risk her babies' lives or continue her pregnancy and lose her baby girl. At just 28 weeks the mother welcomed Henry, Rufus and Pearl (right) in to the world who, despite their early start to life, defied the odds to make it home before their due date September 22.

A new book reveals Nazi Germany's Gestapo were not as mindless as we imagine. The majority in senior positions had been ambitious young middle-class law graduates. Some held doctorates. According to author Frank McDonough, the high ranks of the Geheime Staatspolize resembled a university senior common room more than a roughneck police station. Some, like Adolf Eichmann (top right), perhaps the most notorious Gestapo officer of all, were properly sentenced, but others - including Dr Werner Best (bottom right), endured a short jail sentence before taking highly paid jobs in West German companies. Many escaped justice entirely.

It takes a brave - or foolish - woman to stand next to a rival almost half your age, especially when she's just taken your crown as the UK's highest paid supermodel. So, at 41, Kate Moss was perhaps unwise to pose next to her fresh-faced successor, Cara Delevingne, 23, at a fashion event in Milan this week. So how has Kate's face changed since she exploded into the British fashion world as a teenager (inset) in 1988 - before Cara was even born?

Following the election, David Cameron claimed that his decision to aim for a coalition with the Lib Dems was the result of a 'fairly epiphanous moment', but in truth, it had been in the mix for months. Behind closed doors, he had assembled a special unit - Osborne, William Hague, Oliver Letwin and Chief of Staff Edward Llewellyn - tasked with preparing the ground for negotiations. The team met twice for Sunday night dinner at Osborne's house, where Letwin presented the others with a line-by-line study of the Lib Dem manifesto, highlighting areas of potential agreement and those of possible discord. Cameron was clear that, unable to form a majority government, they had to begin talks with the Lib Dems about forming a coalition. But in a rare example of strategic discord, George Osborne disagreed. Pictured: David Cameron with Nick Clegg during the first press conference following the 2010 election.

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: The Duchess of Cambridge's sister Pippa Middleton, 32, was spotted enjoying a lunch in Fulham on Tuesday with banker Alex Loudon, 35, whom she dated for three years before separating 2011 (pictured inset left in June of that year). Only four days before, she and current beau Nico Jackson, 36, were photographed in a tender embrace in North London. Her lunch date (main and inset right) also follows recent public forays with her other ex, James Matthews, including holidaying with him at his parents' resort in the Caribbean.

Rescue workers treated injured pilgrims and made desperate attempts to resuscitate others after the stampede in Mina, where nearly two million Muslims were taking part in the last major rite of the Hajj. It is believed the stampede happened at the intersection of two streets (top right), when two waves of pilgrims travelling in different directions met. Pictures showed a horrific scene, with scores of bodies - the men dressed in the simple terry cloth garments worn during Hajj - lying amid crushed wheelchairs and water bottles along a sunbaked street (left), while scores of victims were stretchered off to hospital amid the chaos. It was not immediately clear what had caused the stampede. The pilgrims (bottom right) had converged just outside Mecca to throw pebbles at one of three walls representing Satan, the symbolic 'stoning of the devil' that marks the last day of the event. The Hajj is among the five pillars of Islam and every capable Muslim must perform it at least once in a lifetime.

Helen Bailey and her husband John, known as JS, were on holiday in Barbados in 2011, when John (left with Helen, and inset) was swept out to sea by strong currents. He drowned, and Helen was left behind with her grief. Three months later, to coincide with JS's 66th birthday, Helen began to write a blog called Planet Grief. As the words came out, she found that the poignant humour and heart-wrenching memories of her journal were a lifeline to her, and a comfort to many others.

Women's rights groups and politicians have highlighted assaults against women and children in at least one camp in Germany, pictured inset. They also suggest such incidents may be widespread, with many going unreported to the police and claimed some men saw unaccompanied women as 'fair game', and also blamed conditions in which occupants were unsegregated by gender or nationality.

Carla Whitlock (pictured, left) suffered 'life changing' injuries following the attack in Southampton city centre on Friday night. Witnesses said her face visibly melted after the corrosive liquid hit her, thrown by two men. Police are now hunting brothers Geoffrey (top right) and Billy (bottom right) Midmore - in connection with the attack. They were caught on CCTV entering a McDonald's in Southampton yesterday and police have vowed that they will hunt them down.

Pope Francis was greeted by thousands of adoring well wishers as he arrived in New York and made his way to St Patrick's Cathedral to lead evening prayers. The next stage of the Pope's whirlwind tour of America saw him driven through the streets of Midtown, Manhattan, in his Pope Mobile as worshipers who had waited for hours to get a glimpse of him screamed with delight. A huge motorcade of police cars, ambulances and Secret Service vehicles escorted the Pontiff as he made his way along a packed 5th Avenue to the Cathedral. Tremendous choir music rang out and worshipers cheered as the Pope entered, stopping to bless a wheelchair-bound girl and accept a bouquet of flowers from one of the hundreds inside. He used his touching sermon to send his sympathies to the families of several hundred Muslim pilgrims killed in a stampede today during Hajj in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, offering prayers to his 'Islamic brothers and sisters'.

Arash Aria (left), who said he was desperate to leave the UK because of the 'rudeness and violence' in Manchester, can't actually return home because his Iranian passport has expired. Meanwhile, the Iranian Embassy has no record of his application, it has emerged. Mr Aria would be issued with a valid passport, the embassy said, but it is unclear how long this will take. Handing himself in at a police station, he told officers he had been in the UK illegally for ten years. But he was released two hours later after immigration officials found he had indefinite leave to be in the UK. Greater Manchester Police later wrote about the 'strange incident' on Twitter, saying an 'angry and agitated' Mr Aria would now have to 'find his own way home'. Mr Aria said he wanted to return to his home city of Shiraz (bottom right), in south-west Iran, where he will stay with his family.

Kay Bishop, 56, glued her bottom to the window of a Debenhams in Croydon, south London, dressed in a nude bra and pubic wig, to protest against 'the treatment of police and migrants'. The former stripper claims she had to super glue herself to the department story on Croydon high street to prevent police from stopping her protest. However, Ms Bishop, from Addiscombe, south London, was told by officers attending the scene that her actions were unnecessary as they had no intention to forcibly move her.

From swelling crowds, including children, on the Gaza Strip (left), through rites in Malaysia, Pakistan (top right) through to China and Europe, worshippers came together in what is known as a commemoration of Allah's mercy, based on a story in the Koran where he spared the prophet Ibrahim's son from death.

Kerry McCarthy is a hardline opponent of the killing of animals in the food chain, which makes her one of the most controversial choices as farming minister in living memory, writes ANDREW PIERCE. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn did not even know of McCarthy's hardline views when he appointed her in his shadow cabinet reshuffle. A vegan since 1992, it emerged this week that McCarthy (pictured right with Paul McCartney's ex-wife Heather Mills calling for a ban on keeping pigs in tight pens) had made clear her uncompromising views in the vegetarian magazine Viva! before the General Election. 'I really believe that meat should be treated in exactly the same way as tobacco, with public campaigns to stop people eating it,' she said. While the Countryside Alliance dismissed her views as 'cranky' and Farmers Weekly journalist Johann Tasker said her new post was like 'appointing a pacifist as shadow defence secretary', there is little hope of agricultural lobby groups changing her mind.

Lilli Hymowitz, 16, has more than 10,000 followers on Instagram, where she documents her lavish lifestyle. The New York teenager, who is only a junior in high school, regularly posts photos of herself partying at clubs, drinking and showing off her four tattoos.

Homeowners living near Durham Cathedral have complained about a 100-year-old Lawson Cypress tree which is so big it towers over properties and blocks views of the landmark. Residents have written to Durham County Council to have the 100-year-old tree chopped down, with some neighbours claiming it is an 'eyesore' and admitting it has caused quite a rift within the local area. While many are hoping Durham County Council will accept an application to chop it down, others are rather fond of the tree - named 'Elsee' - and have signed an online petition to save it.

John Sain (pictured), 50, of Boise, Idaho last week broke both his legs in the wilderness and contemplated suicide and wrote goodbye letters to his wife Jennifer (top left) and his children (bottom left) before he was saved by two motorcyclists. He had a little food, a water purifier and a small survival kit, and he built a fire each night for warmth. But on Sunday - four days after his ordeal began - Sain was dehydrated, in pain and starting to break down. That's when two motorcyclists found him and summoned emergency crews (top right).

Utah mom Emily Morgan said doctors didn't expect her son Haiden (main) to live, but thanks to a makeshift incubator onboard the Royal Caribbean (inset) and an early arrival in Puerto Rico, he did. She was just two nights into the seven-day cruise - and 14 hours from land - when Haiden was born 15 weeks. The ship was not equipped to deal with a newborn, but nurses made a makeshift incubator by heating saline pouches in the microwave, and the captain sped up the ship to reach Puerto Rico two hours early. Haiden was hospitalized in San Juan and then flown to Miami, where he remains in a stable condition.

David Beckham choked up on Thursday whilst talking about a four-year-old girl who died during the 2013 Philippines typhoon. The ex-England footballer had to steady himself as he told the story of little Viana who was swept out of her father's arms and drowned. Beckham cleared his throat and admitted that it 'really affected me' and said: 'That story will never leave me'. He is pictured right with the girl's surviving sister, Venus, in 2013.

Mrs May (left) was kicking off building work on the Alexander Devine Children's Hospice in Maidenhead, Berkshire - an event for which she picked the unusual footwear, which is reminiscent of her trademark leopard-print kitten heels which she can be seen wearing around Parliament or at major political events.

New glass-bottomed suspension bridge has opened today at Shiniuzhai Geopark in Hunan, central China. It's the world's longest and first glass-bottomed bridge (main). The first photographs of the visitors who braved the journey today showed that they were terrified as they tried to cross the 984 long walk way (left and right inset).

The George Cross and the George Medal are awarded for outstanding bravery off the battlefield. Most of the 162 GCs and 2,000 GMs granted since 1940 were awarded in wartime, many posthumously. The memory and courage of all of them live on through those who proudly wear King George's creations to this day. And yesterday morning, for the first time, all 43 surviving GCs and GMs gathered in London (pictured) to mark the 75th anniversary. Amongst the more recent recipients were Lisa Potts, the Wolverhampton teacher who used her body to shield her pupils from a machete attack, Jim Beaton, the royal protection officer who was shot foiling a kidnap attempt on Princess Anne, and soldier Chris Finney, who saved the life of a gunner while coming under friendly fire in Iraq.

Lucy Kelly purchased her iPhone 6s from Sydney's Apple store on Friday using a robot droid, which she was controlling remotely from her home and watching via an iPad screen. Ms Kelly, who believes she is the first person to purchase the product with a robot, was pictured smiling inside the store with her new iPhone tied to the droid. She was third in line at the Sydney store after setting up her robot machine at 5am on Thursday before heading back home to avoid the miserable cold and rain.

Hollywood actors Emily Blunt (pictured) and John Krasinski have recently moved out of their sprawling Los Angeles home - and it's now up for rent on Airbnb for just £400 per night. Situated on one of the area's most sought after streets, the gated six-bedroom compound is located on a bluff with dramatic views of the City of Angels below.

Scientists aren't sure what causes the pattern, but theories include the impact of plate tectonics rippling the surface, or frozen gasses that are released when surface temperatures increase. The 'snakeskin' image of Pluto's surface (left) is just one tantalising piece of data New Horizons sent back in recent days. The spacecraft also captured the highest-resolution colour view yet of Pluto (top right), as well as detailed spectral maps. They reveal features that resemble dunes, the older shoreline of a shrinking glacial ice lake, and fractured, angular water ice mountains (bottom right) with sheer cliffs.

Champion Bobby Gunn, bottom left, once fought for the huge prize and won. But Russian mobsters then refused to pay and turned a gun on him and his promoter, then made them get down on their knees. They survived the encounter and Gunn lived to fight again, bottom right, beating a former Marine to the ground in less than five minutes with brutal body blows. But organizers believe the sport has the potential to go mainstream and could dill arenas like UFC.

Eugene Bostick, 80, a retired railroad worker from Texas, has built a special train out of 55-gallon fiberglass barrels mounted on wheels and hooked up to a John Deer riding lawnmower to take his nine rescued strays on bi-weekly rides. The animal lover got the idea to put together a dog train 15 years ago after seeing a friend haul rocks in barrels connected to a tractor.

Historians believe they've found Leonardo's model (inset) buried under the altar of a derelict Florence convent (pictured). The bones found date to the time of death of Italian noblewoman Lisa Gherardini del Giocondo, widely believed to be the model posing in the world famous painting. In an investigation worthy of the Da Vinci Code, archaeologists led by art detective Silvano Vinceti exhumed several skeletons stacked on top of each other under the chapel. And scientists have now completed carbon dating work on one of the fragments which indicated the remains were compatible with the period.

National Geographic is currently calling all professional and amateur photographers alike to submit their best photos for the magazine's 2015 photography contest. The grand-prize winner will receive $10,000, their image published in the magazine and a trip to visit the society's headquarters in Washington, DC for a photography seminar in 2016. The deadline to submit photos is November 16 at noon.