The beautiful, the breathtaking and the bizarre are among the stunning images submitted for the 2016 Sony World Photography Awards

Sony World Photography Awards 2016 shows Mother nature at her best

MailOnline Travel reveals some of the stunning images in the running for next year's awards ahead of the competition closing date - from monkeys soaking in Japanese hot springs to an erupting volcano in Chile. Entries also include and amazing image of a Burmese fisherman (main) and two eagles fighting in the snow.

Sole survivor of kidnap and hammer murder that claimed the lives of her mother, stepfather and two brothers reveals she is expecting 'miracle' baby despite her horrific injuries

Shasta Groene moves on 10 years after surviving two-month captivity

Shasta Groene (left) was eight years old in 2005 when Joseph Duncan (right) murdered her family and kidnapped her from her home near Coeur D'Alene, Idaho. Ten years later, Shasta has spoken out about what her life was like immediately after she was rescued. While Shasta fell into alcohol and drug abuse after the trauma, she says she is now engaged and pregnant and on the right track in life. Bottom , from left to right, the family members that Duncan murdered: 13-year-old brother Slade, mother Brenda Groene, stepdad Mark McKenzie, and 9-year-old brother Dylan.

Latest installment of 4,432 emails from Hillary's secret server contains 272 classified messages - that's 1 out of 16 - but State Department aide says 'we have better things to do' than catalog them

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 14:  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton hugs actor Ben Affleck after speaking at the USAID Child Survival: A Call To Action Forum at Georgetown University on June 14, 2012 in Washington, DC.  (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images)

A State Department aide says the monthly routine 'is getting a little bit old. ... It's a fire drill that we'll be glad to be done with. ... We've pulled people away from important things to jump through all these hoops,'

Being obese IS in your genes! Well, just one to be precise: Mutation 'triggers weight gain by stopping you feeling full'

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health in Maryland identified a rare version of the BDNF gene, which causes people to produce lower levels of the BDNF protein, which in turn regulates appetite.

Deputy arrested on meth and gun charges makes a Houdini-like escape from squad car after getting out of his cuffs and walking off as cops fill out papers just a few feet away

Deputy Edward Tucker arrested on meth and gun charges makes an escape

So confident was the breakout of Edward Tucker, 44, he walked away from the scene with his hands in his pockets (center) - and it took the cops that nabbed him 15 minutes to realize he was gone. He then made a run for it outside (right). The brazen escape spawned an exhaustive and embarrassing two-day manhunt for Tucker around Bakersfield, California, before he was finally found Thursday hiding out in a garage and recaptured. Tucker is an 18-year police veteran.

'This is child abuse': Father under fire after sharing a photo of his FOUR-YEAR-OLD daughter tattooing a strawberry on his arm

Brad Bellomo, 30, of Florida, posted a Facebook photo showing his daughter Chloe giving him a strawberry tattoo. The snap earned more than 17,000 likes, but some people objected to it.

Hungry for more! The Walking Dead is renewed for a seventh season by AMC after latest shocking episode pulls in 18million viewers

Hungry? The Walking Dead has been renewed for a seventh season by AMC after its latest shocking episode pulled in more than 18million viewers

Great news for everyone, except maybe Glenn. AMC announced on Friday the hit zombie show will return at least once more when its current season ends, as will companion show, Talking Dead.

First pictures of Giants player's mangled hand after he blew off two fingers and his thumb in fireworks accident

Giants' Jason Pierre-Paul's mangled right hand in first pictures

Jason Pierre-Paul lost almost all of his index finger and severely mangled his thumb and middle finger during a July Fourth fireworks accident. This week he signed a one-year contract that guarantees him $1.5m, which could raise as high as $8.71m from incentives such as playing time and sacks. Pierre-Paul said he was not embarrassed by the accident and that he's not trying to prove anybody wrong with his comeback. The defensive end said he just considers himself lucky to be alive and have a second chance to play football.

Former Chicago bears lineman 'said he was devil and threatened to kill staffers' children' a day before getting cut by the team last week

Former Chicago Bears defensive lineman Jeremiah Ratliff claimed to be the devil and said he 'felt like killing everybody in the building' on October 21, the day before he was cut from the team.

Freeze, political correctness police! Colleges tell students to ask faculty if their Halloween costumes are offensive or not

Offensive Halloween Costumes posters

In an attempt to stop students from dressing up as sexy Cecil the Lion this Halloween, universities across the nation have been issuing some unsolicited advice about costumes.

Who drew a swastika on the steppe 8,000 years ago? NASA images reveal riddle of giant drawings that can only be seen from the air

Known as geoglyphs, researchers believe the structures in the Turgai region could reveal details about ancient rituals in the area, but so far, progress in trying to decipher the shapes has been slow.

'The reality is they are splitting for a long time': Insiders claim the 'massive divide' between Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson is the real reason behind 1D's hiatus

Dan Wootton for The Sun writes that the amniosty between Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson has reached breaking point, after years of rivalry and tension over their careers and talent.

Republican Party CANCELS the next NBC debate after CNBC debacle: GOP chairman lets rip at the network for 'inaccurate or downright offensive' questions

Republican Party tells NBC it can't run February presidential primary debate after CNBC

The Republican Party has dropped a plan to partner with NBC for a debate on February 26, GOP chairman Reince Priebus, inset, told the network on Friday. The news comes after NBC's sister network CNBC was widely panned for botching Wednesday night's debate in Boulder, Colorado with politically slanted questions, and for losing control of the event as hosts and candidates talked over one another. 'The CNBC network is one of your media properties, and its handling of the debate was conducted in bad faith,' Priebus wrote in a letter to the network's brass.We understand that NBC does not exercise full editorial control over CNBC's journalistic approach. However, the network is an arm of your organization, and we need to ensure there is not a repeat performance.'

New York's ultra-liberal mayor finally endorses Hillary Clinton 'enthusiastically' after months of vacillation in blow to Bernie Sanders

FILE - In this Oct. 21, 2015 file photo, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks during a media briefing in New York.  De Blasio, a Democrat, announced during a Friday, Oct. 30, 2015 appearance on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that he's backing Hillary Rodham Clinton for president.  He called her the best candidate to address income inequality.(AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio finally announced Friday that he is backing Hillary Rodham Clinton for president, a much-discussed endorsement he had waited months to deliver.

Trump lashes out at 'crooked people in the press' after third Republican debate - but says 'I've become immune to it' 

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gestures as he speaks during a rally at the Nugget Convention Center Sparks, Nev., Thursday, Oct. 29, 2015. (AP Photo/Lance Iversen)

'Honestly, I've seen things that are so bad with the press,' Trump said Thursday in Nevada after claiming victory on the basis of post-debate online polls.

Crowd boos New Hampshire man who questions Hillary on past scandals as Clinton now goes two weeks without taking press questions

A young man at a Hillary Clinton campaign event in New Hampshire followed in the footsteps of a major U.S. House committee on Thursday in discovering that it is hard to rattle the former secretary of state.

Son is named a suspect in disappearance of couple who vanished without a trace three months ago after racking up millions in debt - as cops find human remains at his friend's home

Missing Connecticut couple Jeffrey and Jeanette Navin's son Kyle is a suspect

Police investigating the disappearance of Jeffrey and Jeanette Navin discovered possible human remains at a vacant home in Weston, Connecticut (pictured), Thursday afternoon. The Navins haven't been seen or heard from since early August. Their son, Kyle Navin, 27, was arrested last month on an unrelated gun possession charge.

Still stuck on what to wear for Halloween? No problem! Beauty guru reveals how to create a spooky spider-themed make-up look in mere MINUTES 

London-based eauty blogger Georgia Rose gives step-by-step instructions on how to get the look in this easy make-up tutorial. All you need is eyeshadow, black liquid eyeliner, and false lashes.

Millions of starfish along Pacific coast are dying due to a mysterious disease that causes the sea stars to 'essentially devour themselves'

Scientists are shocked by the epidemic of colorful starfish that are committing suicide along North America's Pacific coast. They are working to determine what has triggered this epidemic.

Australian fisherman is killed by LEAPING crocodile that jumped out the water and snatched him from boat

NT fisherman Bill Scott was killed in 2014 when he was snatched from his boat by a 4.7m crocodile. A coronial inquest into his death has declared there is a growing crocodile danger in Australia.

What's up with Al Pacino? 'Despondent' acting great 'can't remember his lines for new Broadway show, needs teleprompters and has fallen out with the director... as the playwright goes MIA'

What's up with Al Pacino? Acting great 'can't remember his lines for new Broadway show

Al Pacino, 75, is starring in David Mamet's Broadway play China Doll but has 'never seemed so despondent' about a play, his friends said. During the preview performances he has allegedly been relying on teleprompters, with several audience members asking for their money back. Pacino (top right) has reportedly fallen out with director Pam MacKinnon (bottom right) - swearing at her for bringing him a note. And Mamet has not been around much to help his star and is currently in California.

School bus driver charged with assault after shocking video emerges showing him knocking down a mentally disabled teen

Robert Scarbrough, 61, is accused of attacking a 15-year-old boy with a mental disability on a packed bus as students from a school district in the Des Moines suburb of Johnston watched in horror.

97-year-old grandmother bursts into tears when she finally gets her high school diploma after being forced to drop out at 17

Margaret Thome Bekema, 97, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, had to drop out of high school at 17 to take care of her family after her mother came down with cancer. She finally received her diploma.

Self driving cars are FIVE TIMES more likely to have an accident, researchers reveal (but they say it's human drivers who are at fault)

Researchers found self-driving vehicles had 9.1 crashes, compared to just 1.9 for those with a human operator. However, the report found that none of the accidents were the fault of the self driving car.

Body of a man, 20, recovered from the top of a freeway sign after being ejected from his car in horrific crash

California driver thrown from car lands on LA freeway sign 20 feet up

The black car rolled several times down the the southbound 5 Freeway in LA around 7 a.m., throwing the male driver into the air. The body landed at least 20 feet in the air on a freeway sign. California Highway Patrol officers got a ladder and climbed to the body, covered it and waited for a coroner's representative. The body was finally removed by a fire official at 9.40 a.m. No other cars were involved in the crash, police said.

Could James Bond REALLY fly a helicopter upside down? Scientists reveal whether stunts in Spectre and other 007 films are possible

Top scientists and engineers from the likes of the British Airline Pilots Association and University of Manchester have studied stunts in James Bond films.

Terror on American Airlines flight after man gives speech referencing the 9/11 attacks and shouts he has a gun before he is restrained by hero passengers

An American Airlines flight
bound for Philadelphia from LA was diverted to Phoenix on Thursday after a passenger made 'alarming' statements
referencing the Sept. 11 attacks.

Is this where the first humans will set foot on MARS? Icy Deuteronilus Mensae could be home to astronauts on the red planet

Scientists attending a Nasa workshop in Houston are discussing 45 possible landing sites for a manned mission to Mars including one beside the area where the film The Martian was set.

Are these the worst wedding dresses ever? From balloons and cleavage-baring bodices to CAKE, the bizarre gowns that got brides noticed for all the wrong reasons

The worst wedding dresses ever from cakes to cleavage baring bodices

For some daring brides and bridal designers, the big day is an excuse to rip up the rule book and showcase eye-popping gowns that will stay burned on guests' brains. From a dress made of balloons (left) and an edible 'meringue' made of cake (centre) to a strapless number constructed out of nappies (right) and corsetry revealingfar too much enbonpoint (inset), FEMAIL examines the world's most outlandish gowns that prove that for some women, you can never look too outlandish.

EXCLUSIVE: 'You can't see my brokenness from the outside' - how Marine who hugged Prince Harry is fighting 'the invisible wounds' of post-traumatic stress disorder

Sgt Roderic Liggens told his heartfelt emotion at embracing the British royal when the two met in Fort Belvoir, VA, this week. Harry was launching his Invictus Games for wounded warriors.

White House says Congress should 'get out of the way' as Obama empties Guantanamo -- but one senator says 'we're staying in the way'

White House spokesman Josh Earnest on Thursday complained that Congress should 'get out of the way' of the Obama administration's efforts to close the US prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Celebrating Halloween causes an increase in occult activity and makes children feel suicidal, declare Vatican exorcists 

Rome's chief exorcist, Gabriel Amorth, has warned of a danger to young people at Halloween, because of the increase in occult activity, which fuels insomnia and mental illnesses.

'She's a jealous b****': Stripper-turned-hooker sidekick and her suicidal boyfriend in Zola's story both claim most of her tale is fake and that SHE was the prostitute

Stripper turned hooker sidekick in viral Zola's story claims almost the whole thing is

Jessica Swiatkowski (right), known as the 'white b****' in the epic Zola story that was posted to Twitter on Tuesday (snippet of the story inset) has spoken out saying that most of the story is fake. Jessica admitted to the part in the tale about stripping told by Zola about a two-day trip the pair took to Florida in March, but told TMZ it was actually Zola (left) who decided to turn to prostitution after making only one dollar at the strip club. She also said that the part about a pimp killing a guy is completely fabricated, as well as the part about her getting arrested in Las Vegas, claiming she has never been to the Nevada city. Jess' ex Jarrett (inset) supported most of her story.

Race faker Rachel Dolezal talks racial identity on chat show - and says she ticks both the black AND white box on forms

Race faker Rachel Dolezal appeared on daytime talk show, The Real, Monday, where she admitted to checking both black and white race boxes on forms.

Meet the girl with her heart outside her chest: Six-year-old is beating the odds after being born with rare and life-threatening birth defect

Virsaviya Borun, 6, a native of Russia currently living in Florida, suffers from a condition called Pentalogy of Cantrell, which caused her heart and intestines to form outside her body.

Young, armed and dangerous: Small boy is pictured raising a handgun during anti-Israel demonstration just hours after a Palestinian baby is killed by tear gas grenade 

The death of eight-month-old Palestinian Ramadan Thawabteh, in a village near Bethleham, takes the number of Palestinians killed in the wave of violence that erupted last month to 69.

Realtor sues Oregon restaurant for $100,000 after being told he had to pre-pay for his meal 'because he was African-American'

Multnomah County sheriff's deputy Brian Eason went back to the Elmer's restaurant in Vancouver, Washington, and spoke to a white couple who were not asked to pay beforehand.

Dramatic moment woman confronts a man she says was 'filming young girls' crotches and backsides' on the street - and gets revenge by recording and shaming him

Boston moment woman confronts a man she says was 'filming young girls' crotches

Jase Dillan (inset), an aspiring singer from Boston, was running errands on Newbury Street at around 4pm when she said she saw an unidentified man (pictured) filming and zooming in on the private parts of her and 'at least eight other women'. When Jase said she realized he was doing the same thing to two girls who didn't look any older than 14-years-old, she decided to give him a taste of his own medicine and started filming him.

Four men accused of spying are brutally gunned down by ISIS jihadis in Iraq as the depraved group continues its rule of terror 

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT. Four Iraqi men have been executed for 'spying' by ISIS militants in Iraq in a graphic new video. The shocking video shows the four men being gunned down near the Euphrates.

Meet Leonardo DiCaprio's dishy 21-year-old Swedish doppelganger whose uncanny resemblance to the Hollywood heartthrob has turned him into an internet star in his own right

Meet Leonardo DiCaprio's dishy 21-year-old doppelganger whose uncanny resemblance to the

Konrad Annerud, left, from Sweden, has more than 48,000 Instagram followers due to his striking resemblance to Leo. He has the same slicked-back dirty blonde hair and smoldering gaze that made Leo a heartthrob in the mid-nineties. The bartender, model and musician says he regularly gets called 'Leo' in the streets and that he was recently mobbed by a crowd of fans in Italy.

Hungarian Prime Minister accuses billionaire investor George Soros of trying to undermine Europe by supporting refugees travelling from the Middle East 

Viktor Orban cited George Soros of being part of a conspiracy of left wingers, wealthy people and unelected leaders trying to betray Europe, as they try to deal with the growing migrant crisis.

Agony in the Aegean Sea: 22 migrants including four babies drown off Greece and 35 are missing off Spain - but 138 are rescued when catamaran heading for Lesbos sinks

The Aegean Sea was the scene of another humanitarian tragedy as 22 migrants, including nine children and four babies, drowned after their boats sank during the deadly crossing to Greece.

Thirty-year-old father drops dead of 'altitude sickness' at just 10,000 feet after the thin air exacerbated his heart condition

On Thursday, Oct 15, Ben Sloan died of altitude sickness while hunting elk and mule deer in Wyoming. Sloan is survived by his two sons, Bentley, 5 and Barrett, 5 months; his daughter, Bailey, 2, as well as his wife and best friend,
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Ben Sloan, a married father-of-three from Jackson, Mississippi, was on a camping trip with friends in the Big Horn Mountain Range when he was found unresponsive earlier this month.

Is exercising at 40 the key to a long life? Physical activity in middle age is 'critical time' to prevent the body from ageing

Exercise is linked with shorter telomeres, the caps on DNA strands which prevent cell ageing, University of Mississippi and University of California experts found.

Could the female sex hormone save soldiers on the battlefield? Army funds human trials of estrogen pills that could stem blood loss

The University of Alabama at Birmingham, who made the discovery, claims a single injection of the hormone can extend the 'golden hour' for blood transfusions to six hours.

Woman pranks her ex-boyfriend into thinking she wants a drunken reunion by texting him the lyrics to Adele's Hello - then she posts the awkward exchange on Twitter

Woman pranks her ex with the lyrics to Adele's Hello and posts the exchange on Twitter

Mary Caldarella, from Atlanta sends her ex Matt messages using new Adele song 'Hello' (inset). But he doesn't realise and thinks she drunkenly wants to get back together. She posted the messages on Twitter which have now been retweeted 14,000 times and favourited more than 20,000 times. Mary posted the conversation on Twitter with the caption: 'When the ex falls for Adele lyrics.'

Think YOU'VE had a bad week? Astronauts reveal the times they were perilously close to death while in space

Astronauts have revealed the times they diced with death while in space. This included terrifying experiences such as dealing with a fire inside a spacecraft and getting covered in toxic ammonia.

Passengers on board Air France flights will get to see the new Star Wars movie three days before its release

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The French airline company will let customers watch Stars Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens on December 15 before millions of die-hard fans get the chance.

Peek inside NBA rookie's super creepy apartment - complete with a Chucky doll, dead mice in the freezer, skulls in the bathroom and a baby boa constrictor

Rakeem Christmas of Indiana Pacers has a really creepy Indianapolis apartment

Rakeem Christmas, 23, used some of the money from the four-year, $4.3million deal he signed with the Indiana Pacers over the summer to invest in necessities for his new home in Indianapolis. For Christmas (seen playing in inset) those necessities include a red-tailed boa constrictor named Riri (left) - after Rihanna - dead mice to feed her, bathroom towels and rugs with skulls on them and even a Chucky doll (right). Christmas, who decorated the apartment how he did because he likes 'artsy stuff' still uses Riri to creep out his teammates even though she hasn't grown to her full length of six feet. The Pacers acquired the 6-foot-9 forward from the Cleveland Cavaliers in exchange for a 2019 second-round draft pick in July.

Virtual Reality simulator where players live out the horrific final moments of 9/11 terror attack victims is condemned as 'sick' 

A highly controversial virtual reality simulator is due to be released which allows gamers to live out the horrific final moments of the devastating 9/11 terror attacks which left nearly 3,000 people dead.

Construction worker killed in Manhattan as building collapses

Part of the interior of the building - on West 38th Street in midtown Manhattan - fell in at 10.30am Friday, killing one worker and trapping at least one other in rubble.

Fugitive Kentucky 'rapist cop-shooter' dies in gun battle with state troopers after six-day manhunt

Floyd Ray Cook is seen in an undated photo provided by the Kentucky State Police. A manhunt is underway for Cook, who is accused of shooting and wounding a Tennessee police officer and then firing at a state trooper in Kentucky. Classes were called off Monday in Cumberland County as the manhunt continued. (Kentucky State Police via AP)

Floyd Ray Cook, 62, was pronounced dead in south-central Kentucky Friday after being confronted by state troopers and a federal marshal who scouring an embankment.

Boy, 12, held in custody after 'being caught with a detailed diagram of his plan to shoot up a Dallas grade school'

Authorities say that, due to the meticulousness of the map, they believe the pre-teen intended to carry out the shooting at Trinity Basin Preparatory School in Dallas. He is now in custody.

Blind and 'terrified' 3-year-old pit bull abandoned on park bench gets a second chance at love

Pit bull abandoned on a park bench gets a second chance at love in California

Poly, a 3-year-old blind pit bull, was abandoned on a park bench in Santa Maria, California earlier this month. She now has a second chance to find love. Jennifer Wales of Foreverhome Petrescue stepped up to take care of the blind pooch and get all of her medical needs taken care of.

Spirals of dust around stars could be hiding Earth 2.0: Stellar material may be disguising massive planets, claims study 

Scientists at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, say the discovery could not only help find new planets, but also offer a look into how planets are created in the first place.

'There's a live maggot in my cereal box': Horrified man films wriggling insect inside his morning favourite chocolate little bites 

These are the disgusting scenes as man from the United States opens a packet of his favourite breakfast cereal only to discover that something was moving inside.

They'll never forget this: Model poses naked with circus elephants in series of stunning black and white photographs 

Vanessa Von Zitzewitz photographs model naked with circus elephants

Hamburg-born photographer Vanessa Von Zitzewitz captured the series of black and white images featuring a nude model and patient elephants from the Circus Knie, Patma, Siri, Sumatra, Ceylon and Mapelai. The series was inspired by Richard Avedon's elegant portrait titled, Dovima With Elephants, and showcases the contrast between power and fragility.

Roman Polanski should NOT be extradited over child rape charges, Polish court rules, after the director's lawyers say the US bid was 'legally flawed' 

FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015 file photo director Roman Polanski speaks to the press after a hearing concerning a U.S. request for his extradition over 1977 charges of sex with a minor, at the regional court in his childhood city of Krakow, Poland.  A court in Poland was expected to rule Friday Oct. 30, 2015 on whether Polish law allows filmmaker Roman Polanski to be extradited to the U.S., where he pleaded guilty nearly four decades ago to having sex with a minor. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz, File)

A judge in the southern city of Krakow heard from lawyers for Polanski (pictured) and the US, which requested the extradition earlier this year but ruled there were no legal grounds for it.

Bullets, blood and narcos: San Juan Copala, the ghost town where Mexico's Triqui tribe headed for the hills in brutal drugs war 

The mountain town of San Juan Copala in Mexico's southern Oaxaca state was once had a thriving 2,000-strong community indigenous Triqui tribe. But a narcotics war has left it a ghost town with lots gone.

Google could soon know if you're depressed... or even suicidal: Firm hires expert who believes wearables may one day track our mental health

Google Life Sciences recently hired leading mental health expert Dr Thomas Insel. In a recent interview he discussed plans for sensors 'that give objective measures of your behaviour.'

Boehner says 'God eased me out' after giving up the Speaker's gavel and deciding to leave Congress after 24 years

Retired House Speaker John Boehner said in an interview broadcast on Friday that he has 'no regrets' about leaving Congress and that God nudged him into his decision.

Do you have a male or female brain? How women could earn more by thinking like men

Dr Nick Drydakis, of Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, carried out the research, which he says is the first study into brain type and wages in the UK.

The drawings that jump off the page! Artist's incredible 3D paintings will leave your eyes baffled

Artist Stefan Pabst incredible 3D paintings will leave your eyes baffled

German artist Stefan Pabst, 35, creates jaw-dropping 3D illusion art and photorealistic potraits of famous faces after decades of perfecting his skills. He uses a range of paint brushes for what he calls '3D drawing' using the trompe l'oeil technique; a French term literally meaning 'trick the eye'. From illusions that look as though they bore into the table (top left) to animals that look like they are sitting on top of the page (top right), he uses light and shadow (bottom right) to create the magical illusions.

Former boyfriend of Amanda Knox is awarded $75k in public cash to set up 'social network commemorating the dead' seven months after being cleared of killing Meredith Kercher

Raffaele Sollecito had the idea for 'Memories' during his four year spell in prison for killing Meredith Kercher before the judgement was overturned and he was finally cleared of the murder in March.

How BEER makes men better in bed: Expert reveals how a pint or two boosts libido and helps sex last longer

Dr Kat Van Kirk, a certified sex therapist from Los Angeles, claims there are a variety scientific reasons why sinking a few pints can improve boost a man's performance in the bedroom.

Is YOUR food safe to eat? $199 sensor scans meals for ingredients that could cause allergic reactions

Nima was developed by San Francisco-based 6sensorLabs. Electronic sensors inside Nima scan for traces of gluten in small food samples, at a level of at least 20 parts per million (20ppm)

Imran Khan divorces ex BBC weathergirl Reham after just TEN MONTHS following 'pressure from his family about her plans to get involved in politics'

Imran Khan divorces former BBC presenter Reham after just ten months

The cricketer-turned politician tied the knot with the divorced mother-of-three Reham Khan, who happened to have the same surname, in Islamabad in January. But a source said they are 'just not getting along' any more. Announcing news of their divorce on Twitter, Mr Khan said: 'This is a painful time for me & Reham & our families. I would request everyone to respect our privacy. I have the greatest respect for Reham's moral character & her passion to work for & help the underprivileged.'

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There's no taste like home! American kids taste candies from around the world - and their horrified facial expressions say it all

American kids taste Halloween candy from around the world

Children are given the opportunity to try a selection of candy from around the world. Mexico, Finland, France and The Philippines are just some of the countries the kids perform taste tests for. Brennan, top left, has difficulty swallowing Salsagheti from Mexico, described as a 'sour and spicy' snack. JayQue, bottom left, finds Mr Fizzy Candy from the Ukraine difficult to stomach. Maddox, top right, gives a thumbs up to the chocolate caramels from France, while Talbot, bottom right, can't bear to swallow his salted licorice from Finland.

Woman's eye swelled to the size of a golf ball after she 'forcefully' BLEW HER NOSE 

A 32-year-old woman arrived at A&E; of Leicester Royal Infirmary University Hospital suffered from orbital emphysema, swelling caused by air being forced into the tissues around the eye.

You have a pizza my heart! Teen stages brilliant 'engagement' photoshoot with her favorite fast food

A teenager from Alberta, Canada, took part in a romantic photoshoot with her favorite food: pizza. NIcole Larson, 19, staged a series of engagement pictures where she indulges in her first love.

What opened this gigantic crack in the earth? Mystery movement in the Wyoming's Big Horn Mountains causes massive canyon-like gash - which could get even bigger

Wyoming landslide in the Big Horn Mountains causes canyon-like gash

Photos of a so-called 'crack in the earth' have emerged online. The gigantic opening was spotted in the Big Horn Mountains in Wyoming this month. Now, a geologist has suggested it is in fact a 'slow-moving landslide.' Wyoming Geological Survey's Seth Wittke has said 'From what I've seen on the Internet it looks like a slow-moving landslide.' He said 'A lot of landslides are caused by subsurface lubrication by ground moisture or water and things like that, or in this case, a spring.' Wittke said the crack may get larger 'as long as there's room for it to move it could keep moving.'

Revealed: How Vladimir Putin's defence minister has secretly built a £12MILLION 'polite palace' on the outskirts of Moscow (despite his £85,000 salary)

Revelations show the daughter of Sergei Shoigu Ksenia owned a sumptuous timber-clad property in Barvikha, one of Moscow's finest suburbs, in November 2009 - when she was 18.

Boy, 9, dies after suddenly collapsing in the street while delivering cookies to his friend

Christopher Chester collapsed and died last Friday while he was walking with his dad to deliver homemade cookies to a neighbor's home.

'I am afraid of her': Boy, 10, writes letter asking judge to KEEP his mom in prison

A 10-year-old boy, Bradyn Takach, of Warren County, Ohio, wrote a letter to a judge asking to keep his mother, Shannon Smith, who was found guilty of his dad Robert Takach II's murder, in prison.

Remember the Alamo! Famed Texas landmark is receiving a massive $31.5 MILLION makeover

Ivan Myjer, a stone conservator based in suburban Boston who has helped restore historic sites around the world. make repairs to the Alamo, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2015, in San Antonio. The Alamo is undergoing $5 million in emergency repairs, part of a sweeping, state Legislature-approved $31.5 million makeover that may be one of the site¿s most-ambitious since the days of Davy Crockett. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Centuries of rainfall and punishing Texas sunshine are slowly doing what cannon fire and barrages of Mexican bullets couldn't back in 1836 - disintegrating the Alamo.

The Kon-Tiki sails again! Nearly 70 years after explorers set off across the Pacific on famous voyage, their raft is recreated for another fearless journey 

Team of Norwegian and Peruvian explorers will set out from Peruvian port of Callao, near Lima, to recreate the harrowing journey of the original Kon-Tiki raft, across 4,300 miles of Pacific Ocean.

Cell phone video shows wild brawl outside a Philadelphia school that injured four police officers who were called to break it up

A massive brawl that erupted outside an eastern Pennsylvania high School Thursday has left four police officers injured and landed three teenagers in jail. 
Police say Allentown officers were responding to reports of a large group of students fighting in the street at around 3pm two blocks from William Allen High School.
They found about 200 teenagers gathered in the area of 12th and Chew streets.
As the cops attempted to break up pockets of fighting, some of the brawlers turned on them.
A 30-second cellphone video that was posted on Facebook shows a uniformed female officer being knocked to the ground. 
As the fracas continues, the female cop runs in pursuit of a teenage girl, who flees from her and runs around a parked police cruisers. 
All the while, the fighting is accompanied by a roar from a crowd of spectators following the melee. 
Moments later, the same officer appears on the ground again, with a yong woman in grey punchign her.

The 30-second video that was posted on Facebook shows a female cop being repeatedly knocked to the ground and punched by a young woman during Thursday's melee in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

GMA does Star Wars, Taylor Swift's squad and Donald Trump while Today show brings Peanuts to life in morning show battle over Halloween (and Matt Lauer gets back in drag)

GMA does Star Wars, Taylor Swift's squad and Donald Trump for Halloween

Good Morning America had their audience in stitches with their outrageous display of pop culture Halloween costumes, while the Today show took on characters from the Peanuts cartoon in the morning show's annual costume display. 'This is our Super Bowl, our Christmas, our Thanksgiving...we live for this all year long!' Savannah Guthrie said on Friday morning. The festivities kicked off just after 8am on Friday, with the GMA cast showing off their over-the-top outfits just before the big reveal at rival Today. It should be noted that CBS This Morning does not dress up for their Halloween show.

Harapan the Sumatran rhino starts 50-hour journey to Indonesia with a zookeeper, veterinarian and six cases of food

Conservationists hope 8-year-old Harapan can mate with one or more of the three females in the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary in Way Kambas National Park.

Hunt for legendary big wave surfer called Ace Cool who went missing while surfing 50ft waves in Hawaii

Officials are searching for Hawaii big-wave surfer, Alec Cooke, 59, after he went missing on Oahu's North Shore earlier this week.

Boy, 3, falls two stories and walks away without a scratch after landing on framed photo of The Last Supper 

Reginald Praylow fell from his Philadelphia row home after he leaned on his bathroom's windowsill and accidentally pushed out the plexiglass window.

Walker savaged by a bear is saved by his loyal dog when the pet scares off the wild animal and then goes to fetch help

Badly injured Alexey (pictured) managed to escape the bear's clutches after it was distracted by the barking dog who then went to get help in the Sverdlovsk Oblast region in south-central Russia.

Separated (from razors) at birth? Bearded man meets his doppelganger when he's randomly seated next to him on Ryanair flight 

Man meets his doppelganger when he's randomly seated next to him on Ryanair flight 

Neil Douglas, from Glasgow, was shocked to discover his identical twin, a mystery Londoner, sat in his seat on a Ryanair flight from Stansted to Galway on Thursday evening. The 32-year-old wedding photographer took a selfie and shared the image on Twitter. The photograph, which has already been shared nearly 2,000 times, shows the two complete strangers looking strikingly similar due to their bushy ginger beards, smiles and hairstyles.

Obama administration backs transgender teenager who is suing for access to the boys' restrooms at his Virginia high school

FILE - In this Aug. 25, 2015 file photo, Gavin Grimm leans on a post on his front porch during an interview at his home in Gloucester, Va.  Schools can¿t prevent transgender students from using the restrooms that correspond with their gender identities without violating federal law, the Obama administration says. The government¿s filing says a Gloucester County School Board policy that requires Grimm to use either the girls¿ restrooms or a unisex bathroom constitutes unlawful bias under Title IX, the 1972 law that prohibits sex discrimination in education. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Schools can't prevent transgender students from using the restrooms that correspond with their gender identities without violating federal law, the Obama administration says.

Bada-ching! White Cadillac used as Tony Soprano's car on hit HBO series The Sopranos to be auctioned off

Boston-based RR Auction says the 2003 Cadillac Escalade ESV was featured on-screen in the final three seasons of the show, which starred James Gandolfini as mobster Tony Soprano.

It got carried away by the Halloween spirit! Massive inflatable jack-o'-lantern breaks free and bounces into traffic

The pumpkin measured 25 feet in length and weighed a whopping 350 pounds. Its Thursday trip was approximately a quarter-mile long, and ended in a Peoria, Arizona, park.

Teenage girl contracts bubonic plague believed to be from an infected flea bite during a hunting trip in Oregon

The victim - who has not been identified - fell ill five days after she was started the hunting trip in Oregon and is now recovering in hospital.

The mystery of the lost underground Amazonian city that didn't exist...  that explorers DIED trying to find

If the tale of the search for the city of Akakor and its tribe sounds like the script for an Indiana Jones movie - it's because it was used as the basis for the last film, The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull.

Incredible dad transforms paralyzed son's wheelchair into Star Wars SNOWSPEEDER Halloween costume 

Star Wars fan transforms son's wheelchair into snowspeeder Halloween costume 

Ryan Scott Miller built son Jeremy's snowspeeder out of foam board, PVC pipes, spray paint, bicycle brakes and duct tape. Ryan said it took him two full weeks to build and that he designed it from a toy model and pictures he found on the internet. The snowspeeder also features working flaps and shoots out Nerf darts filled with glow sticks. Jeremy has spina bifida, a birth defect that occurs when the spine doesn't properly develop in the womb. Ryan has been building incredible costumes for his son for years, including Captain America's motorcycle and Batman's Batmobile.

He just couldn't resist! Jeremy Clarkson makes digs at the BBC as he appears in first advert for Amazon - which isn't even for his new show 

Clarkson and his fellow ex-Top Gear presenters James May and Richard Hammond have signed on for a new $200million motoring show to be broadcast on the retailer's TV service.

Swedish Foreign Minister claims the country is 'facing collapse' because of the mass influx of refugees 

Margot Wallstrom, the Swedish Foreign Minister says that the country cannot cope if it continues to take in refugees at its current level and has called on EU countries to share the burden.

He's cracked it! Man invents underwear that solves the problem of workmen showing 'builder's bum' when they bend over after spotting 'a particularly bad example' in

Adrien Herve-Pellissier, 24, designed a prototype after seeing a 'particularly bad example' on the streets of Renne, western France, and says pairs of the underwear (pictured) are now flying off the shelves.

Heads up! Photographer captures the dizzying views on display inside more than 100 of China's megastructures 

Hong Kong based photographer Andy Yeung has compiled a kaleidoscopic collection of some of China's tallest buildings in a way they've never been shot before - from inside up.

Touching moment Alabama state trooper bought McDonald's for a homeless father and son sitting on the side of a highway

Alabama State Trooper brings McDonalds meal to homeless father and son

Officer Delvyon Williams decided to do a welfare check when he saw the two men holding up a sign that said 'Money or food' at an exit on Interstate 65 in Prattsville. The son told Williams they were very hungry and needed something to eat. Williams said he thought of his own son and knew he wanted to help. The picture was snapped by Raenetta Burch Bennett, who spotted the officer and at first thought he was going to arrest the two men. She said she was touched when she saw him go 'above and beyond' his duty.

Black National Guard member writes how he was stopped by police but treated with 'respect' in viral post that challenges claims all cops are racist 

Stephen Hildreth Jr (pictured) wrote the post which was shared nearly half a million times, although it was criticized by some who quoted high profile cases of cops shooting black people.

Man found with body of four-year-old migrant snatched from German registration centre confesses to murdering another child taken from its parents' home 

The man arrested over the death of a 4-year-old migrant boy from Bosnia has confessed to killing another child. The Prosecutors' spokesman said the suspect confessed to killing a 6-year-old boy.

Would your boss let you use this desk? $4,000 'dentist chair' workstation lets you sit, stand and even LIE DOWN as you type

The chair-meets-desk (pictured) is made in Sonoma County, California and the firm behind it claims it will make employees more productive, while boosting their health.

Chaotic moment two massive brawls erupted between dozens of students at the same Texas high school

At least two massive brawls that erupted Wednesday at a high school in Texas involving large groups of students and members of the football team were caught on camera.

California High School student, 18, becomes first openly transgender cheerleader after her mother kicked her out of house

Anry Fuentes, who became her California school's first transgender cheerleader, has been supported by fellow students and teachers after her mother kicked her out the house.

Inmates take off their shirts and wave lighter as they sing and dance in rap video made inside a Georgia jail 

Five inmates shot the video, which features them singing to the song Where Ya At by rapper Future, inside the DeKalb County Jail in Decatur. Police said they recorded the clip on the video visitation system.

Put him in the sin bin! Mean old man snatches hockey puck from under the nose of little boy at Pittsburgh Penguins game

Old man snatches hockey puck from a little boy at Pittsburgh Penguins game

A young kid, thought to be named Trey, was about to catch a puck from Sabres coach Dan Bylsma during hockey game in Pittsburgh on Thursday when an old man snatched his puck away. The team made it right by gifting the kid a jersey and two pucks.

'Easy-going surfer ... Keen to meet you': Pro surfer's wife finds him on TINDER - but it turns out it's just a desperate man's attempt to get girls to swipe right

Pro Brisbane surfer Bede Durbidge was left red-faced after his wife spotted him on the dating app Tinder. But the profile is an imposter using an image of Durbidge to get girls to swipe right.

Tyrannosaurus rex was a CANNIBAL: Bite marks on a theropod bone confirm it was gnawed 'like a piece of fried chicken' 

The bone (pictured) found with tooth marks was found in Lance Formation, Wyoming. One groove in particular contained smaller parallel grooves alongside it consistent with a theropod dinosaur.

Veteran officer 'shot by repeat offender during traffic stop' dies one week later

Albuquerque Officer Daniel Webster, 47, died died on Thursday after being allegedly shot more than a week ago by an ex-convict Davon Lymon, 34, during a traffic stop

Snakes alive! Shocked family discover a 4ft PYTHON in their bathroom after it escaped from its owner and snuck into their house

Pic shows: large green python in their bathroom.\n\nA shocked family had a nasty surprise when they discovered a large green python had been living in their bathroom cupboard.\n\n They had no idea how the uninvited house guest had gained entry into the flat or how long he had been there.\n\n But it measured around 130 cm and the family videoed it when it wrapped itself around a towel rack and stretched up to the ceiling.\n\nThe alarming incident happened in a first floor flat in Valles Occidental, Catalonia, in North East Spain.\n\nA brave little boy who is in his father¿s arms asks: "That¿s gotta be the mother snake right dad?"\n\nEmergency workers instructed the family to close the door and window of the bathroom  and wait for the arrival of two specialist officers.\n\n Officer Joan Bernils, said the snake was non-venemous but "pretty aggressive".\n\n After taking photos they verified it as a Morelia Viridis, or green python which is normally found in the extreme north of Australia,

The shocked family filmed the 130cm green tree python after it wrapped itself around a towel rail and stretched up to the ceiling in Valles Occidental, north east Spain.

The incredible combat photography of TV director who traded in Hollywood glamor to capture the devastation of WWII

Trading in dazzling paparazzi bulbs for the devastating blasts of grenades and missiles, John Florea embedded with an American platoon to capture their Second World War combat.

Heart-breaking video shows horrifically mistreated parrot who has plucked out all her feathers because of STRESS

Mistreated parrot plucked out all her feathers because of STRESS

The bird named Javi was saved by staff at the Tallgrass Parrot Sanctuary in Kansas, Texas after she arrived looking, and more than likely feeling very poorly. Posting updates of the bird's progress to its Facebook page, the sanctuary stated that the parrot enjoyed her first ever bath and discovered fresh banana and apple.

The moment a group offering 'free hugs' at San Francisco airport's arrivals gate moved a bystander to tears

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The group, from Canada, waited in the arrivals lounge with the message 'you deserve a hug' chalked up on a board. The group are from YouTube channel Generation Y Not.

Iranian actress is branded 'immoral' by state media and sparks public outcry after she posts photographs of herself without a hijab on Facebook 

Sadaf Taherian posted images on her Facebook and Instagram accounts showing her without the Islamic headdress in protest at strict Iranian laws requiring women to wear them in public.

Teen takes on burglar with a samurai sword after the criminal broke into his home

Angel Maldonado, 19, was getting ready to walk his three dogs when he heard someone trying to pick the lock of the back door of his Danielson home. He got the sword from his room and slashed the burglar's arm.

Woman's dramatic rescue from her smoking car after she crashes into gas station is caught on video 

A woman who was apparently having a seizure crashed her car into a gas station in Merion Station, Pennsylvania on Wednesday. She was rescued from her heavily smoking car by two cops.

How having a facelift can make you feel worse: Some patients who appeared up to nine years younger after surgery said their confidence didn't increase

Researchers from New York have found that facelift patients who look up to nine years younger after surgery don't always see their confidence increase - and some even end up feeling worse.

Who's sleeping in MY bed? Man films the moment he returns home to discover a tipsy intruder fast asleep under the covers - because he USED to live in the house

Vancouver man films a tipsy intruder asleep in his bed

Jordan, from Vancouver, was amused to discover a drunk man fully clothed in his bed who was insisting he had a right to be there because 'he used to live in this house' and had 'paid his taxes'. Generous Jordan is then seen finally managing to convince the stranger to stay in the spare room before he tells him, 'Honestly, I'll sleep in my bed tomorrow night.'

Royals star's very pregnant wife tells him to keep playing in the World Series if she goes into labor and that he 'better hit a home run'

Kansas City Royals second baseman Ben Zobrist's wife Julianna is due to have the couple's third child on November 10 but it's possible that the baby could come before the World Series is over November 7.

The science of selfies: Neural network analyses 2 million pictures and finds females who show their hair, cut off their forehead and abandon their friends do best

***MUST LINK: http://karpathy.github.io/2015/10/25/selfie/

What a Deep Neural Network thinks about your #selfie

Convolutional Neural Networks are great: they recognize things, places and people in your personal photos, signs, people and lights in self-driving cars, crops, forests and traffic in aerial imagery, various anomalies in medical images and all kinds of other useful things. But once in a while these powerful visual recognition models can also be warped for distraction, fun and amusement. In this fun experiment we're going to do just that: We'll take a powerful, 140-million-parameter state-of-the-art Convolutional Neural Network, feed it 2 million selfies from the internet, and train it to classify good selfies from bad ones. Just because it's easy and because we can. And in the process we might learn how to take better selfies :)

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Yeah, I'll do real work. But first, let me tag a #selfie.
Convolutional Neural Networks

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Researchers trained a neural network designed to think like the human brain to analyse millions of selfies to find what works. They says the key is to be female, show your hair, but cut off your forehead.

New Jersey cop in drunken wrong-way crash that killed two friends 'may have been drugged at strip club before deadly crash'

Image #: 40457443    Pedro Abad, the Linden New Jersey police officer charged in the wrong-way crash on the West Shore Expresway, leaves Supreme Court in St. George.  Thursday October 29, 2015. (Staten Island Advance/AnthonyDePrimo)    Staten Island Advance /Landov

A lawyer for an off-duty New Jersey police officer charged with driving drunk said Thursday his client may have been drugged at a strip club before a wrong-way crash that killed two passengers.

Scientists reveal lithium-oxygen 'superbattery' that could give electric cars the same range as a full tank of gas

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Cambridge researchers say the Lithium-oxygen batteries, also called lithium-air batteries,
have the potential to deliver the same amount of energy as gasoline.

The Appalachan diet! Overweight man who shed 90lbs in two years details how trekking 2,200 miles across 14 states made him lose the final 30lbs

Chris Reamer, 28, hiked through 14 states from March through September, spending $6,000. He told Daily Mail Online how the trek helped him bring his total weight loss to 90lbs over two years.

Plainclothes police officer who shot dead a Florida motorist after his car broke down was not qualified for any undercover surveillance assignments

The plainclothes police officer who fatally shot Corey Jones, a stranded motorist 11 days ago in Florida, was not qualified for an undercover surveillance assignment, new documents reveal.

Mom shows how her gender nonconforming son has grown into a 'beautiful girl' with nine years of Halloween photos which chart him his increasingly-feminine costumes 

Halloween costumes shared by mother of her non gender conforming son

Lori Duron, 42, of Orange Country, California, dressed her son C.J., age eight, in boys' Halloween costumes until he was four years old and said he wanted to be treated as a girl. Since then, he has dressed as a fairy, Elle Woods from Legally Blonde, and Alice in Wonderland, and this year, he'll be going as a car hop girl from a diner.

Humane Society accidentally dumps dog's remains in landfill leaving its heartbroken owner with an empty casket

A woman's final goodbye to her beloved dog was ruined this week, when she found out that the Humane Society accidentally disposed of the pet's corpse at a local dumping ground.

Retired police captain who shot dead father in movie theater during texting argument will use controversial 'Stand your ground' defense

The lawyer for a retired police captain Curtis Reeves, accused of killing a man during an argument at a movie theater in Tampa, Florida says he'll use the state's 'stand your ground' self-defense law.

'Thanks for all the good times, Tilly': Skateboarding bulldog named Tillman dies of heart problems at age 10

Tillman became famous via a YouTube video of him skateboarding in 2007. The video was extremely popular and Tillman was later featured in an iPhone commercial.

Loyal sailor who stepped into Hitler's jackboots: An investigation into the forgotten Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz

Legs and boots representing a German Nazi officer, World War II

Few dared challenge Hitler during his lifetime - but, once he had killed himself in the Berlin bunker, a successor stepped up to steer the country out of catastrophe.

Is this the world's most reckless biker? Helmet-cam captures motorcyclist risk death as he squeezes between trucks and rush hour traffic at top speed

Helmet-cam captures motorcyclist risk death as he squeezes betweenrush hour traffic

The videos were posted to the KLE621FULL YouTube channel, where numerous clips showing the biker riding at unbelievable speeds through traffic in Sao Paulo, Brazil have been uploaded. The footage shows the rider accelerating through grid-locked traffic after crossing a junction (top right and bottom left) and squeezing between a coach and a huge flatbed truck before picking up speed and riding between lorries (top left and bottom right).

It's amazing what $3.50 can buy you: The images that prove your hotel room doesn't have to cost the earth for a stunning view

Views of old harbours, historic landmarks and snow covered mountains are on offer to travellers in the likes of China, Thailand and Turkey for prices cheaper than your bus trip to the airport.

Visit Dracula's castle, explore Mexico's Island of the Dolls or journey to Japan's Battleship Island with Google Street View's creepiest virtual Halloween tours

In celebration of the year's spookiest night, Google has compiled scenes of the world's scariest places - from Romania to Japan - for you to explore from the safety of your computer screen.

Road hogs! Police hunt for men caught on camera sharing a motorcycle with two pigs in Colombia 

Two men are being hunted by police in the norther Colombian town of Cerete after being caught on video driving along a highway with two full-grown pigs balanced on their motorbike.

Fossils in flight! National Guard called in to airlift remains of a baby dinosaur out of New Mexico wilderness

Sgt. 1st Class Terrill Lee, from left, Sgt. James Ray and Staff Sgt. Noe Amador, secure the remains of a Pentaceratops, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2015, in the Bisti-De-Na-Zin Wilderness area south of Farmington, N.M. The fossils are encapsulated in heavy plaster jackets. They're being trucked to the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science in Albuquerque. (Jon Austria/The Daily Times via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT

It is a unique sight - the full skeletal remains of a baby Pentaceratops, a plant-eating dinosaur with large horns that once roamed what is now North America, soaring above New Mexico.

From beauty to beast! Stunning artist transforms herself into gruesome monsters and creepy clowns in terrifying series of Halloween portraits

Illinois artist Corie Willet transforms herself into gruesome monsters in Halloween

Corie Willet (pictured), 29, from Moline, Illinois, uses body paint and make-up to morph into terrifying creatures three to five times a week. The artist's unique hobby has earned her more than 45,000 Instagram followers, and she said she is amazed that she is able to create something that people really enjoy.

Tourist pictured dancing on horse in bizarre ritual that has caused outrage in Peru

The footage shows the horse forced to lay on the ground in front of a chanting crowd while several people dance on top of it in the Province of Rodriguez de Mendoza in Peru's Amazonas region.

Nail-biting moment Chinese boy left home alone is rescued after getting his head trapped between bars

A terrifying video has emerged of a small half naked child hanging on for dear life with his head stuck between bars as he rescued by firemen. The footage was shot in south China's Liuzhou city.

How to Get Away With Murder's Karla Souza reveals she refused to pose nearly-naked on the cover of GQ - despite editors insisting that nude shoots sell more copies 

The Mexican actress, 29, was approached by the magazine a year ago, but refused to get nearly naked for her shoot. The editors agreed to do it her way and admitted that it still sold well.

Poignant sketches by Winnie the Pooh illustrator E.H. Shepard of the First World War trenches are discovered in a trunk that had not been opened for almost 100 years 

The collection of more than 100 never-seen-before sketches came to light when researchers stumbled upon a trunk belonging to Shepard which has lain unopened for almost 100 years.

That's a crayon canyon: Spectacular photographs show the incredibly colourful rocky landscape in western China 

China's Hongshan Great Canyon photographs reveal the colourful landscape

Stunning images taken of Hongshan Great Canyon in north western China shows a landscape with a startling array of different colours, as if the scene was painted (pictured). The canyon lies just south of Kuytun, a city in China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, and is particularly popular with travellers, photographers and rock collectors.

The simple tricks that can help you to lose weight - from HIDING sugary drinks to using small plates when serving dinner

A study by researchers at Cornell University, US, found that people who have sugary cereals and fizzy drinks in clear view often weigh as much as 25lbs (11kg) more than those who don't.

Can YOU hear it? Ghost hunter captures chilling recording she says is a spirit whispering 'you sick b***ards' in an abandoned asylum

Australian Kristy Dean, 33, a hairdresser who considers herself a 'ghost hunter', has captured chilling paranormal pictures and video footage in a haunted abandoned mental asylum in Melbourne, Victoria.

Could this PAINT wipe out hospital-acquired superbugs? Tests reveal new product 'kills 99% of harmful bacteria that triggers MRSA and E.coli'

Paint Shield, created by US-based firm Sherwin-Williams, kills dangerous pathogens on the painted surfaces, and could help prevent the spread of MRSA, E.coli and other harmful infections.

Touching moment son flies 4,000 miles around the world to surprise his sick mother in Atlanta hospital an hour before her kidney transplant

Footage of the emotional reunion between Carl James Brook and his mother Sarah at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta has already been viewed more than 20,000 online.

   

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Chilling moment traffic police finds female passenger SLITTING the driver's throat in a parked car

Chilling moment traffic police finds female passenger slitting the driver's throat

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT A policeman investigating a car being driven erratically was shocked to discover a woman was in the middle of severing the throat of the female driver in front of her (main). The horrifying incident took place in Luoyang, central China, on October 28. A policeman (left inset) took the victim to hospital, where she remains unconscious. The assailant (right inset) was arrested and detained at the scene.

Memphis Grizzlies fan wins free TATER TOTS for life with half-court shot

Memphis Grizzlies fan wins free TATER TOTS for life with half-court shot

He shoots, he scores food! A Memphis Grizzlies fan won free tater tots for life after landing a half-court shot at an NBA basketball game. Trey Greene made the shot on Wednesday night at the FedExForum in Memphis, Tennessee. Greene jumped and waved his hands in the air after the ball went into the hoop. His tater tots will come from Sonic.

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Grappling girls! Women wrestle with each other in the sand to prove who is the strongest at Brazil's indigenous games 

Women grapple in Huka Huka wrestling during Brazil’s indigenous world games

The female competitors took part in the wrestling competition in the Indigenous World Games, which is the biggest event ever to roll into the sleepy town of Palmas in the state of Tocantins in Brazil. As well as the female wrestling, other events have included a tug-of-war, traditional ball games on the beach and Jikunahati, a type of soccer played with the head. The event kicked off last week and comes just one year after Brazil hosted the World Cup and ahead of next year's Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Don't underestimate the force... of gravity! Hilarious moment man in Darth Vader costume on hoverboard crashes into a wall 

Dressed in the suit of the notorious Star Wars baddie, the American man is filmed by a friend negotiating the house on a hoverboard before colliding with the wall.

Old dog, new home: Heartwarming photos capture pets' happy faces after being rescued from 'desperate' animal shelters by loving new owners

Photographer and animal shelter volunteer Traer Scott, from Providence, Rhode Island, captures the joy of rescue dogs who have been taken in by new owners in her book of pet portraits, Finding Home.

He's ramen mad! Japanese blogger spent 20 years eating more than 5,600 instant noodles from around the world to find his perfect fast feast

Toshio Yamamoto write a blog and runs a YouTube channel about ramen. He lives in Japan and showcases instant noodles from around the world. Yamamoto now documents noodles full-time.

What a shot! Student lands a perfect kick and takes out a DRONE flying over a soccer pitch - but ruins the promotional video his school was trying to film

A schoolboy is likely to be immortalised by his peers after he launched a soccer ball with a well-timed drop kick straight into a sky born drone that was filming a promotional video at his New Zealand high-school.

Breathtaking timelapse video shows powerful thunderstorm and sky-shattering lightning sweeping across Arizona 

Storm chaser and photographer Bryan Snider captured the severe thunderstorms which struck Phoenix, Arizona, by setting up his camera equipment on the roof of his house.

Recovering meth addict reveals how she turned her life around after turning to drugs when she was raped at age 19 to become a happy, healthy mother to three children 

Following a long battle with alcohol and meth addiction and depression, Christine Suhan, 31, now lives in Waxhaw, North Carolina, with her husband Kyle and their three sons.

Father-to-be turns his wife's baby bump into a ski slope, golf course and desert island to announce their first pregnancy 

Dad-to-be turns wife's bump into a ski slope, golf course and desert island to announce

Simon Schaffrath, 27, spent up to a week at a time turning girlfriend Saskia's bump into a ski-slope, golf course and desert island to announce the arrival of their son Theo. The couple were determined to do something different to the usual 'man holds bump' pose and opted for the painstaking artistry, Simon explained: 'We hope that when our son sees the pictures in the future, they will tell him how happy we were to have him.'

   

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