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Feared street gangster El Negrito, 24, sleeps with a silver revolver under his pillow in the notorious Petare slum in Caracas and says he's lost track of his murder count (pictured: El Negrito sits in his safe house, right; a dead man hauled from the river, left; and armed special forces officers patrol the slum, inset). But despite his bloody record, the killer says firing his gun has become a luxury with soaring inflation in President Nicolas Maduro's economy. 'If you empty your clip, you're shooting off $15,' said El Negrito, who spoke on the condition he be identified only by his street name and photographed wearing a hoodie and face mask to avoid attracting unwelcome attention. 'You lose your pistol or the police take it and you're throwing away $800.'

Trump described the cheering crowd of American servicemen and women as 'daring and mighty warriors in the Pacific' during his farewell speech on the USS Wasp. 'I have to wish you all a very happy Memorial Day,' Trump told around 800 members of the U.S. Navy's 7th Fleet. 'On this Memorial Day evening in the United States, Americans are concluding a sacred day of remembrance, reflection and prayer.' He said that he generally likes to be in the U.S. for Memorial Day but said the trip to Japan was 'amazing and unforgettable'. Several service members wore round patches emblazoned with 'Make Aircrew Great Again' — a play on Trump's campaign slogan. Many posed for photographs with the president, while others had him sign their belongings. Trump is on his way back to Washington after the four-day visit that saw him become the first head of state to meet Japan's new emperor.

American talk show host Elle DeGeneres, 61, pictured left, reveals she didn't tell her mother for 'a few years' about the sexual assault she claims she suffered at the hands of her stepfather. Ellen said when she did, her mother Betty (pictured right) didn't believe her and stayed with her husband - something she is 'apologetic' for now. Ellen, who was '15 or 16' at the time (inset), is speaking out to inspire other victims to come forward if they suffer at the hands of sexual predators.

Eduardo Madiedo picked up two passengers - a man and a woman - in Queens, New York on Thursday and was asked to drive them to Mount Sinai Hospital in the Astoria section of the borough. The first 11 minutes of the ride proceed without incident before the male passenger in the back seat appeared ill and removed his shirt. The male passenger gets visibly irritated while asking Madiedo, the driver, to drive faster. When Madiedo tell him he can't, the man lunges toward the driver and begins to savagely punch him repeatedly.

Spanish politician Begona Villacis, 40, a candidate in the recent Madrid city council elections, donned a white trench as she introduced her newborn daughter to the public on Sunday (left) - just weeks after Meghan wore a similar ensemble for her first photos with baby Archie (right). The politician, a mother of three, also wore her hair in a similar straight style to the one chosen by the Duchess of Sussex, 37, for the appearance (inset).

A memoir by Nazi Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop's son has been released in English for the first time and includes unseen photos of the author growing up in London before the Second World War. Rudolf von Ribbentrop (pictured inset in Nazi uniform) went to the exclusive Westminster School while his father was Hitler's ambassador in London from 1936 to 1938. The elder von Ribbentrop was one of Hitler's closest henchmen and rose to become the Third Reich's Foreign Minister before being executed at Nuremburg in 1946 for helping orchestrate the Holocaust. His son went on to fight on both the Eastern and Western fronts and won the Iron Cross - before becoming a wine merchant after the war. He is still alive aged 98 today. His biography was first released in 2008 in German but has now been translated into English for the first time. Inside it several images, many of which have not been seen before, show the Ribbentrop's jovial-looking gatherings with Hitler (left) and the whole family posing for photos. Right: Rudolf von Ribbentrop in London in 1936.

These are some of the jaw-dropping winning images in the annual BigPicture: Natural World Photography Competition, which received 6,500 entries from photographers around the world. The winning images will be featured in the annual BigPicture photography exhibition, set to open on July 26 at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco. Pictured is a jaw-dropping shot of Senja Island in Norway (top), a gorilla embracing his caretaker at a sanctuary for orphaned gorillas in the Congo (bottom left) and an unusual underwater shot of a bear hunting for salmon in Russia (bottom right).

Daniel Wright, a former contestant on reality series The Biggest Loser, has passed away from leukemia at the age of 30.  Wright, who appeared on season seven of the hit NBC show in 2009, passed away on Sunday morning, according to several of Wright's friends on social media.  Friend, Courtney Crozier, who appeared on season 11 of The Biggest Loser, was one of the people who confirmed his passing by leaving a touching tribute on Facebook.  

A trio of cousins were performing a rendition of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star at a family talent show in Buffalo, Wyoming, but one boy decided to mix it up by singing the Imperial March instead. The iconic film theme by John Williams marks the ominous arrival of Darth Vader in Star Wars. The hilarious moment was shared on Twitter by relative Erin Gibson where it has amassed more than 7,000,000 views in two days, and even been praised by real-life Jedi Mark Hamill.

Guests dressed in decadent period costume for the 'Feletes Galantes' fancy dress evening at the Palace of Versailles last night. Tickets cost up to €510 for the event, which instructs guests to wear 'quality' baroque style clothing. Clockwise from top left: Seats at the opera; dance lessons in the Hall of Mirrors, snapping selfies in period costume and enjoying a game of trictrac.

Footage of Queen Victoria visiting Dublin, Ireland, in 1900 has been discovered by a British Film Institute curator after it lay unnoticed for decades in a New York museum archive. Bryony Dixon said she 'almost fell of her chair' when she saw Victoria in the footage and added it was rare because it showed the monarch smiling, in contrast to the stoic expression she often displayed in portraits. The footage is also believed to be the last time she was caught on camera before her death aged 81 in 1901.

Aiden Blasian, from Washington, D.C., practices his math and science skills every day with the help of his mother, Cynthia Adinig, 34. The youngster has not yet started school, however his mother believes that when he does, he will already be at fourth grade level - the same as a 10-year-old. Cynthia says her son loves working out math equations on a mini blackboard in his room, and does so every morning and every evening before bed. He has also memorized multiple elements from the periodic table, and regularly plays - and often beats - adults, including his mom, at chess.

A new online gallery compiled by Go.social features snaps from around the world showing statues that have been transformed thanks to some cheeky poses. Clockwise from top left: A joker stealing a suitcase in the US; waltzing at a sculpture park in Moscow; fooling around with a cowboy; Spiderman getting collared in Mexico; kung fu moves in Ontario, and a very rude holiday snap.

Makayla Twigg, 22, was posing for photos at her graduation from Harding University in Buffalo, New York. All of a sudden, her brother Daylon turned up unexpectedly after previously telling her he could not attend. Daylon had spent the previous three years serving as an airman in Japan and Idaho and the close brother and sister had not been able to see each other. The shocked Makayla said: 'I wish I could relive that whole day over and over again.'

Shia mourners gathered in the city of Lucknow in northern India for a religious procession when a stray bull ploughed through the 250,000-strong crowd, injuring at least 12 people. Many tried to bring the rampaging bull under control by grappling its horns and three people remain in a critical condition following the shocking incident. It is tenth stray animal attack in the city in two months and locals have blamed authorities for failing to erect security barriers.

Carli Cunningham (inset) from Parkville, Missouri, had just picked up four-year-old Ruger (pictured)from the groomers when the hilarity ensued. With her usual groomer out of town, Carli tried a new one and gave her specific instructions not to shave him. However, on picking Ruger up she was shocked to see his hind legs (right) had been shaved to the skin, giving him the look that he'd got pants on as the rest of his body was still furry.

The Roscosmos Soyuz 2-1b rocket thundered into the air from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome near Mirny, northern Russia, at 06:23 UTC on May 27, 2019. The spacecraft was carrying a replacement GLONASS-M radio navigation satellite into orbit.