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This is what Christmas Day looked like for thousands of homeless people this year in the dark and dingy underbelly of Downtown Los Angeles. Some 20,000 homeless people live in Skid Row, where nine toilets are said to be shared by 2,000 people. The shocking footage, published on LiveLeak, shows the brutal reality of living on the streets in one of the most deprived areas of the city. Rubbish bags can be seen piled up by the pavements and littered across streets, and tents erected in clusters where people have camped down for the night.

Some of the most entertaining examples of grandparents suffering technological fails have been shared online - and there's no denying they make for some hilarious viewing. Clockwise from top left: One elderly person framed an Instagram photo complete with the caption; a grandmother labelled every button on her TV remote; one person mistakenly plugged their USB stick into the wall; one used an iPad as a chopping board; an elderly gent printed out social media snaps complete with border; and one OAP replaced telephone buttons with his family members' faces.

The congresswoman accused by a United Airlines passenger of bumping her from a first-class seat tweeted Tuesday that she believes the passenger was only upset because she is black. Representative Sheila Jackson Lee (left), from Texas, said did nothing wrong when she was bumped to a first class seat on a December 18 flight from Houston to Washington, DC. She was put in seat 1A, which was originally paid for by a Jean-Marie Simon (right), a schoolteacher from Washington DC, who has accused the airline of evicting her from the seat so they could give it to a member of congress. Jackson Lee said in a statement posted to Twitter Tuesday that she is upset she has to respond to allegations that she demanded special treatment.

The world’s smallest inhabited island is aptly named Just Room Enough Island for a good reason. That’s because the tiny speck of land off Alexandria Bay in New York state has just enough room for a house and a tree – and that’s it. The island is one of 1,864 islands located on the St. Lawrence River, which separates New York from Ontario.

Former US president Barack Obama has warned against using social media in a divisive way during an interview with Prince Harry. Mr Obama, 56, did not mention his successor in the White House by name, but many will see the comments as a thinly veiled rebuke aimed at Donald Trump (inset). He was being questioned by Prince Harry, 33, as part of the royal's guest editorship of BBC Radio 4's flagship Today programme (main image). President Trump has drawn widespread criticism for the way he uses Twitter to attack opponents, and condemn what he brands 'fake news'.

The Real Housewives of New York star was out partying with friends on Saturday when she allegedly slipped into a room at The Colony Hotel with a man while a maid was still cleaning the space, according to Page Six. De Lesseps (mugshot right) was staying at the hotel but not in that room, and when a guard was unable to get her to leave two police officers were called to the scene. That is when a 'highly intoxicated' de Lesseps reportedly barricaded herself in the room, and when an officer managed to get a key for entry she struck him on the chest and slammed the door in his face. The report goes on to state that when she was finally cuffed, de Lesseps managed to slip out of her restraints and screamed 'I’m going to f***ing kill you' at police while trying to escape from the scene. De Lesseps was seen for the first time since her first court appearance while enjoying a beachside barbecue on Christmas at her brother's home in Jupiter (left). It is unclear if she was drinking but she was sitting in front of an open bottle of wine. The reality star, 52, arrived at the Palm Beach Courthouse just after 9am on Sunday, almost eight hours after she was taken into custody and booked by police.

UPDATED The 32-year-old model and her singer husband were passengers on All Nippon Airways flight 175, which took off from LAX at 11:30am on Tuesday and then arrived back at the terminal at 7:30pm when the pilot made the decision to turn the plane around due to a security breach. That breach was a passenger who at first was thought to be a stowaway but was later revealed to have boarded the wrong flight. 'The cabin crew notified the pilot that one of the passengers boarded the incorrect flight, and the pilot in  command made the decision to return to the originating airport,' ANA told DailyMail.com in a statement. 'We take great pride providing exemplary customer service, and on this flight we failed to do so.' A spokesperson for the Los Angeles Police Department said that the incident was 'not a security issue,' while the FBI is investigating how this individual was able to get on the wrong flight.

Hidden in plain sight, six snipers lie camouflaged in the greenery - but can you spot them? The picture was taken in July on Salisbury plain and will test your powers of observation. The Household Cavalry tweeted the puzzle on Christmas Day and promised to reveal the answer on Boxing Day. Half a dozen riflemen are nestled away in the trees and bushes but the puzzle proved difficult at first so the Cavalry later posted an image with clues to the snipers' locations. The expert snipers use grass, trees and bushes for cover and it shows how they evade capture on the battlefield.

The Trump sisters wished their followers a very merry Christmas on Tuesday while enjoying some time by the pool at Mar-a-Lago. Tiffany filmed and then posted the video while she and Ivanka lay together on a chaise at the Palm Beach club, mugging for the camera and blowing kisses while 'Holy Night' could be heard playing in the background. While most of Tiffany's social media followers were sending the Trump sisters messages of Christmas cheer, others were less impressed with her song choice and criticised her for posing in a bikini to the tune of a Christian hymn.

Rihanna, 29, posted a series of photos of her cousin Tavon Kaiseen Alleyne (pictured with the singer), mourning her fallen relative and indicating she had just spent Christmas with him. Alleyne, 21 was walking in the St Michael's area of Barbados at around 7pm on Tuesday night when he was approached by a man and shot several times. Captioning the photos on her Instagram, the heartbroken Wild Thoughts singer wrote: 'RIP cousin... can't believe it was just last night that I held you in my arms!  'Never thought that would be the last time I felt the warmth in your body!!! Love you always man!' The eight-time Grammy award winner added the hashtag, '#endgunviolence,' at the end of the post.

Some of the best-loved Christmas films of all time might not make it past script editors in 2017. Pictured clockwise from top left: Love Actually had stalking, It's a Wonderful Life had kissing without consent, Scrooged had sexual harassment, The Santa Clause had fat-shaming, Oliver! had anti-Semitism and Home Alone had child neglect.

A dad has signed his whole family up to be frozen when they die in the hope they can be brought back to life in the future. Dennis Kowalski, his wife Maria and their three sons - Jacob, 19, Danny, 17, and James, 16, of Wisconsin - are all down to be preserved in a vat of liquid nitrogen in Michigan when they pass away.  The paramedic is the president of Cryonics Institute and believes the process could give them all a 'second chance at life'. Cryonics preserves the human body at low temperatures immediately after death in the hope it can be revived in the future.

EXCLUSIVE: Getty Images Royal photographer Chris Jackson, who is married to the Duchess of Cambridge's PA, has shared his favourite moments from 2017 with MailOnline. His top picks include (bottom row L-R): Charles trying out a vacuum cleaner in Singapore, Harry and Meghan's engagement, Princess Charlotte's first bouquet of flowers and (main) the Queen at Whipsnade Zoo.

These bizarre pictures prove that sometimes your eyes play tricks on you. People from around the world have been sharing images in an online gallery that requires a double take - including some very rude optical illusions. Some will have you scratching your head and squinting your eyes until you finally see the missing piece of the puzzle and it suddenly makes sense. At first glance, a family appear to be posing for an innocent photograph in the woods - but their dog just couldn't hold it in apparently as he can be seen lifting his leg to a tree just metres behind them. Another picture shows what looks like a man with a freakishly long

These desperate singletons from around the world will go to great lengths to attract attention as their photos show (clockwise from top left): Stuffing their faces with food, suggestive poses; the aftermath of a surfing accident; some casual nudity; full-on Shrek costumes; and what appears to be a mug shot.

Four women were arrested after a brawl erupted in the produce section in a Louisiana Walmart.  As families scrambled to get their last-minute Christmas shopping on December 23, 10 people became embroiled in the melee which involved some of the fighters using pepper spray.  Two people were taken to hospital and four were taken into custody - the youngest being a 17-year-old girl from Missouri. 

In Homestead, Florida, stands a true labor of love - a castle carved out of 1,100 tons of coral rock. For almost three decades Edward Leedskalnin single-handedly built the castle as a monument to lost love after being jilted a day before his wedding by his bride-to-be. Leedskalnin had got engaged to 16-year-old Agnes Scuffs, who he fondly called his 'Sweet Sixteen', in his native Latvia when he was 26.

Libby Burkhalter from Louisiana wanted to post a Boomerang, a short repeating video, of herself making a snow angel indoors on Christmas Eve. She had her husband help rearrange the furniture and take the video. Their adult son, Taylor, took pictures of both of them, capturing his dad's exasperated expression. He shared it on Twitter, where it has gone viral. Commenters have joked that it's the look of a man who finds his wife ridiculous sometimes but still loves her. Libby's Boomerang has also gone viral, racking up nearly 200,000 views.

The rising cost of rent and housing in California is forcing residents into alternative accommodation with middle class workers taking up residence in their cars and RVs by the side of the road to make ends meet. Hundreds of people, including nurses and chefs, are sleeping in parking lots in affluent areas like Santa Barbara as they make the most of the only homes they can afford.

In deepest Siberia, the Yakut people's survival depends on an exceptionally hardy horse whose super-thick hair and dense bulk help it endure the savage cold. The rare breed - known simply as the Yakut horse - provides the people of the Russian republic of Sakha with both milk and meat. The horses keep themselves fattened up by finding vegetation deep beneath the thick snow, and use their extra layers of fat to resist the biting frost. At just six months old, they can produce up to 231lb of meat. For the historically semi-nomadic Yakut people, raising horses is a primary source of income.

A glass-bottomed suspension bridge measuring a whopping 1,601 feet long opened in China on December 24. The 6.5-foot-wide walkway hangs 755 feet above the ground - roughly the height of a 66-storey building - between two cliffs in the Hongyagu Scenic Area in Hebei province. It's 191 feet longer than the previous record holder, which is also in China.

Jesse Allen, 27, and Pixie Marlan (pictured left, right and inset), 24, from Australia met at a bar a few years ago and quickly became inseparable. Pixie told Jesse to drop out of photography school and told him she'd teach him everything instead. Now they shoot international swimwear and fashion campaigns around the world. They spent eight months traveling to Bahamas, Mexico, Maldives, and more this year. They shared their jet-setting story with FEMAIL.

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT. Bullfighters from across the Spanish-speaking world took to the ring for a gory celebration of the 60th Cali Fair in Colombia yesterday as nearly 17,000 spectators turned up to watch the controversial blood sport. Considered the biggest festival of its kind in the Americas, the brutal display attracted many big-name matadors. Among them was young Venezuelan star Jesus Enrique Colombo (pictured), who at one point showed off his agility with a lingering dive before impaling a bull with banderillas at the Plaza de Toros Cañaveralejo while bloodthirsty fans cheered him on.

People from around the world have been sharing pictures of the most confusing instructions they've ever seen in a hilarious online gallery. Pictured clockwise from top left: Clockwise from top left: A push and pull sign on a shop door; stop and no stopping road signs; a no sitting or standing door sign; smoking appears to be required by law; the max speed is set at zero; and an alcohol ban both in and outside the building.

NEW EXCLUSIVE: Brandon Race, 32, and Jessi Ladd, 24,(left and just Jessi, right) take Swyper out for walks in Palm Beach, Florida, on a 30-foot leash and even let her sit on the passenger seat during car journeys(inset, left). They feed the Russian red fox puppy food or their own leftovers, with chicken hearts, beef, eggs and Quorn reserved as special treats. Mr Race says she has ‘free roam’ of their 900-square-foot house and is welcome to sleep on their bed.

NEW Polina, a Mastiff mix, has finally been adopted from the Kansas City Pet Project after 445 days. She was adopted on Christmas Eve after an article was written about her. She had been left behind when one prospective pet owner after another adopted other rescue animals, largely because Polina is scared of other dogs and children. Polina was among nearly 300 pets adopted from the shelter during the holiday season.

American thrill-seeker John Collinson can be seen charging down a sheer white slope on the Breithorn mountain along the border between Italy and Switzerland. At one point he is forced to avoid a localized avalanche with a huge cloud of snow seen crashing down the mountainside behind him. The dramatic pictures were taken by Swiss photographer and director Tero Repo, 39.

Hundreds of women last weekend flocked to a shopping mall in Haikou, China, trying to hire a handsome date at a price of one yuan per hour. Six bachelors, all six feet tall, stood in neon-lit boxes as the mall launched the service on December 24. One anonymous woman said she wanted to use the service because a fake boyfriend could help her flaunt romance to her friends on social media.