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Esteban Santiago, 26, has been seen in surveillance footage pulling out his handgun and shooting dead five people and wounding another six inside Fort Lauderdale airport. Santiago (left) opened fire inside the baggage claim at Terminal 2 of the Florida airport on Friday afternoon. Shocking surveillance footage (main), first obtained by TMZ, shows the Iraq war veteran calmly walk into shot before pulling the pistol from his waistband. He then begins firing, appearing to be aiming initially at a man in front of him. Santiago then runs out of the frame as people desperately take shelter. The 26-year-old could face the death penalty after being accused of an act of violence at an international airport resulting in death, and weapons charges.

Mother and boyfriend charged after her 14-year-old was raped, slaughtered and chopped up

A mother and her boyfriend allegedly planned the rape and murder of her 14-year-old adopted daughter for over a year. On Sunday morning, Jacob Sullivan, bottom right, was charged with the kidnapping, rape and murder of Grace Packer, top. A few hours later, Sara Packer, bottom left, was charged with homicide and 'related offenses.' Sullivan admitted both were responsible for her murder while in hospital last week after a failed suicide attempt.

Designers at war to dress Melania Trump for inauguration

As the debate goes on about who will dress Melania during the next four years in the White House, it looks like her options are growing as designers become increasingly interested. Although designers like Tom Ford and Marc Jacobs have said that they don't want her wearing their designs, other designers are chomping at the bit for the opportunity to dress the First Lady-to-be. Designers interested in dressing her for the next four years include: (pictured top left to right) Dolce & Gabbana, Zang Toi, Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein, (pictured bottom left to right) Diane Von Furstenburg, Victor de Souza, Zac Posen and B Michael America.

Kellyanne Conway made the Sunday show rounds today, making the point that Russia 'did not succeed' in tilting the presidential election in favor of her boss, President-elect Donald Trump.

President-elect Donald Trump tweeted on Saturday, that 'only "stupid" people or fools' would dismiss closer ties with Russia, after intelligence reports link Moscow with election.

The U.S. Office of Government Ethics has told Donald Trump 'not so fast' as his presidential cabinet choices barrel forward with confirmation hearings, recently obtained emails reveal.

File - In this Monday, Nov. 14, 2016 file photo, Jared Kushner, son-in-law of of President-elect Donald Trump walks from Trump Tower, in New York. Kushner is taking steps to distance himself from his sprawling New York real estate business, in what is the clearest sign yet he is planning to take a position in his father-in-law's administration. Kushner, who is married to Trump's daughter Ivanka, must clear a series of hurdles before he takes any post in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Jared Kushner, Donald Trump's son-in-law and one of his closest advisers, is taking steps to distance himself from his sprawling New York real estate business a sign he will join the administration.

Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks and more celebs make a farewell video to President Obama

Celebrities from Hollywood movie stars to legendary NBA players gave an emotional goodbye to President Obama (main) in a new video highlighting their most memorable moments from his eight years in the White House. The more than five minute long video titled, 'Yes We Can: Your Most Memorable Moments from the Obama Presidency,' features celebrities discussing their favorite moments while Obama has been in office. The video was published by the White House the day before dozens of A-listers flocked to the nation's capital where the Obamas hosted a celeb-filled farewell party on Friday night at the White House. Leonardo DiCaprio (inset), Tom Hanks, Jerry Seinfeld (main left), Ellen DeGeneres, Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant,John Legend, Kerry Washington (inset), Samuel L. Jackson and more all lent their voices to give 55-year-old Obama a heartwarming and touching tribute.

SNL might be taking a break, but Alec Baldwin's taunting of Donald Trump knows no rest. The actor took to Instagram Saturday wearing a red cap with 'Make America Great Again' written in Russia.

Thousands of names have been submitted to Obama for clemency before he leaves office in two weeks. So far he has granted 148 pardons and 1,176 commutations since taking office in 2009.

The Foreign Secretary is expected to meet Mr Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and the president-elect's strategist Steve Bannon in New York.

'We are sort of opposites': Obama uses one of his last interviews to take aim at Trump who he says can't run the White House like a 'family business' and needs to trust intelligence community

President Barack Obama called President-elect Donald Trump 'engaging and gregarious' though suggested to ABC's George Stephanopoulos that the two leaders are 'sort of opposites.' In his final Sunday show sit-down, the outgoing Democratic president told the This Week host that he's enjoyed his conversations with Trump, as the Republican prepares to take office on January 20.

NEW Amethyst Baird, 31, is charged with attempted murder after she opened fire on Tyler Wheeler, 25, pictured with his wife, during the stop at around 2am on Saturday morning in the north east Louisiana parish of Morehouse.

Police are facing a 'horror show' investigation after a deceased seven-month-old baby with bruises was taken to a hospital in Brooklyn, New York, by his mother on Saturday morning.

Eric Bramwell, of Melrose Park, Chicago, was found guilty in November of burglary after stealing the remote from an apartment building in the 100 block of Cross Street, in Wheaton, on August 2015.

Prosecutors in Mexico say they caught a gunman who opened fire on an official of the U.S. consulate in Guadalajara. The Attorney General's office announced the arrest via Twitter.

Father-of-two tragically dies days after choking at a New Year's Eve party where a doctor

A father-or-two who choked on a piece of meat at a New Year's Eve party tragically died Saturday afternoon at a Nebraska hospital surrounded by his family. Brian O'Neill, 51, was attending a New Year's Eve party at Provisions by The Grey Plume with his wife Joan when the food became lodged in his throat just before midnight, rendering him unconscious. Four party goers attempted to save him using the Heimlich maneuver before his friend, a doctor, performed an emergency tracheotomy with a steak knife.

Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani died in hospital aged 82 after suffering a heart attack. He had been in power between 1989 and 1997.

Tyler Odell, 22, and Robert Sterling (pictured), 31, face charges in the death of David Bauspies, who Sterling reportedly shot during a drunken game of Russian roulette.

The intergalactic adventure just edged out NASA drama Hidden Figures, about pioneering African-American women in the early days of the American space program, which counted up $21.8 million.

NEW Paola Saulino, 27, announced 10 tour dates in Italy in December, with the first in Rome. She posted a photograph on Instagram on Saturday, with the caption: 'First step of #pompatour is gone!'

Queen makes first public appearance for a month after heavy cold over Christmas

The Queen, 90, arrived at the Sunday church service at Sandringham, after missing the traditional Christmas and New Year's church services for the first time. The monarch, wearing royal blue, left, was seen arriving at St Mary Magdalene Church with Prince Philip just before 11am this morning. Buckingham Palace had earlier refused to comment on the the Queen's health and whether she would be attending church. She was joined by William and Kate, right, plus the Middleton family including Kate's younger sister Pippa, inset.

Kate, 34, looked chic in a rather pricey £1,541 designer coat by Sportmax as she arrived at St Mary Magdalene Church with Prince Philip, the Queen, Prince William and the Middleton family.

Meghan Markle has been forced to delay a trip to India for charity work amid security concerns now that she is dating a prince. The actress was to fly to India later this month to work on a girls program.

The Middletons check in with the royals in Sandringham

Carole, 61, centre, was joined by her family, including husband Michael and son James, left, and daughter Pippa, right, who came with fiance James Matthews, for the church service at the Sandringham estate in Norfolk on Sunday morning, after spending the Christmas break at home with Kate and William. The couple decided to snub the traditional gathering in Sandringham in favour of a private Christmas at the Middleton home near Bucklebury in Berkshire.

The trio from Houston who vanished during a duck hunting trip have been found dead in Carancahua Bay. Spencer Hall, 19, Starett Burk, 25, and Christian Ruckman, 18, died from hypothermia.

It's Beauty and the Bieb! The Belle doll, modelled on Emma Watson, has been released ahead of the new Beauty and the Beast film but Twitter users think it looks more like the Canadian pop star.

Tony Bartosiewicz jumped on Annika Dean in Fort Lauderdale shooting to protect her

A Florida school teacher has told of how she was protected during the Fort Lauderdale airport shooting by a stranger who covered her body with his own, even as killer stood right next to them. Annika Dean (pictured left with her sons), 42, a mother of two from Broward County, was waiting for her luggage around 1pm on Friday when she saw gunman Esteban Santiago, 26, walking towards her with a pistol.  She dropped to the floor as the gunman advanced, firing into the fleeing crowds - but was protected by a stranger, Tony Bartosiewicz (right), who shielded her body with his own, the Miami Herald reported.

Grandmother Shirley Timmons, 70, is identified as the latest victim of the Ft. Lauderdale airport shooting, her husband, Steve, 70 is in a coma after being shot in the face.

Iraq war vet and airport shooter suspect Esteban Santiago, 26, has been charged with an act of violence at an international airport resulting in death - which carries the death penalty.

NEW Defense Secretary Ash Carter says the government should be doing more to help veterans with mental health issues days after a former soldier reportedly killed five people.

NEW George Piro, a special agent in charge of FBI Miami's field office, will lead the investigation into Florida shooter Esteban Santiago. Piro previously was the sole interrogator of Saddam Hussein.

Winter storm leaves 3 dead as Northeast starts to recover from heavy snowfall

As the East Coast is recovering from the pounding snow and sleet from Saturday that killed three and caused hundreds of accidents on the roads, the West Coast is being pummeled by heavy rain that is expected to cause flooding and landslides. The Weather Channel reported at least three deaths in Oregon, Maine and Kentucky that were blamed on the weather over the weekend, as thousands of people lost power due tot he blizzard-like conditions from Virginia to parts of the Northeast.

Peter Sarstedt's most famous song Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)?, about a girl born in poverty who becomes a member of the European jet-set, topped the UK singles charts in February 1969.

After an embarrassing New Year's Eve, Mariah Carey is calling quits on social media. The star declared she'd be taking a break from 'media moments' in an audio clip released Sunday.

Golden Globe Awards 2017: Amy Schumer and Ryan Reynolds goof about by assigned seats

They're two of the funniest people in showbiz. So it's no surprise to see that Amy Schumer and Ryan Reynolds are having a bit of a giggle ahead of the 74th Golden Globes on Sunday night. On Saturday the actors checked out the seating arrangements at the Beverly Hilton Hotel and couldn't help but take goofy snaps beside their seats.

Mel Gibson has admitted admits he was livid about the jokes Ricky Gervais made at his expense at the Golden Globes in previous years, saying he wanted to 'strangle' the comedian.

'What love is to Deadpool may not be what love is to Batman or someone else,' he told Variety. 'I think that could be played up more. He's an outsider in every way, shape, and form.'

Golden Globes organizers prepare for powerful rainstorm ahead of awards show with a tented

NEW Golden Globes organizers are getting prepared for the largest storm to hit California in a decade, as the famed red carpet is set to be covered by a tent to protect Hollywood's elite from the forthcoming wet weather. The 74th Golden Globes Awards will kick off in a few hours at The Beverly Hilton, where dozens of A-listers are set to walk the red carpet showing off their expensive gowns and tuxedos. But as celebrities are likely well underway getting dressed for the event, organizers for the Golden Globes are making sure the iconic hotel and red carpet is fortified and protected from potential rain that is expected to hit southern California at some point Sunday evening.

Sickening new ISIS video shows toddler shooting prisoner dead in ball pit in abandoned

WARNING: UPSETTING CONTENT In the video, the child is seen walking across a ball pit, full of broken plastic balls, towards a prisoner who is tied to a fence by his wrists. The toddler is then is handed a gun by the man in the background, points it at the prisoner (inset), and seemingly shoots (main pic). The footage then ends.

American John Georgelas, a white Muslim convert and ISIS recruiter, married Joya Choudhury (pictured) in a town hall in Rochdale, Lancashire, before taking their three children into the Syrian warzone.

A man who grew up with Osama bin Laden's son in Afghanistan has revealed the 'prince of terror' had a taste for one of the most iconic American brands - despite being taught to hate the U.S.

Amber alert issued for 2 boys believed to have been kidnapped by their mother 

Police have released an Amber alert for two missing boys, believed to have been kidnapped by their mother, in Englewood, Colorado. Johnny Dinapoli, 8, and Joseph, 12, were last seen at their grandfather's house on 4900 block of South Galapago Street around 5:30am when they went outside to retrieve something from his car. When he went to the door to check on them, he saw their mother Rebecca Dinapoli, right, pulling out of the driveway in a silver Chevy Equinox with the boys inside.

Lady Weymouth reveals her new surrogate son

Born at a private clinic on December 30, the Honourable Henry Thynn - a second grandson for the 7th Marquess of Bath - will soon be tucked up safely in his ancestral home, the magnificent Longleat House, Wiltshire. The miracle that is modern medicine means Henry is almost certainly the first member of the British aristocracy to have been born by surrogacy, in this case using one of his mother's eggs and his father's sperm, a process overseen more than 5,000 miles away from rural Wiltshire in the pristine surroundings of a Californian medical facility.

In this Oct. 11, 2016 photo, a western lowland gorilla, Bebac, gets an ultrasound at the Primate, Cat & Aquatics Building at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, in Cleveland. Zoo officials in Cleveland say one of its two western lowland gorillas has died Friday, Jan. 6, 2017. The Cleveland Metroparks Zoo announced the death of 32-year-old Bebac on its Facebook page. (Kyle Lanzer/Cleveland Metroparks via AP)

One of Cleveland's zoo's two male western lowland gorillas died on Friday. Bebac was diagnosed with heart disease in 2008. Gorillas living in captivity live an average of 30 years.

News of her financial strife comes just days after it was revealed she was formally warned the business could be closed down after failing to file its accounts on time

Massive brawl breaks out at supermax jail housing Chicago's most dangerous prisoners: Five are taken to hospital after inmates attack each other with weapons made from INHALERS

Five inmates were hospitalized after a brawl at a Chicago super-maximum security jail on Friday afternoon. Their conditions range from serious to critical. Four of the five men hospitalized were at Cook County Jail awaiting trial on murder charges. Some of the injuries include puncture wounds, possibly from two recovered weapons that were made from parts of inhalers. The fight was caught on tape and officials quickly brought the situation under control.

The show that featured killer whales cavorting with trainers and leaping high out of the Shamu Stadium pool will have its final performances on Sunday.

The guests all stopped by his rural cottage in Goring, Oxfordshire, in the days leading to his death as well as a number of deliveries which suggest he was planning a Christmas get-together.

Police seeking man as person of interest in relation to his wife's 'suspicious' death

Police are seeking Caitlyn Neiswanger's husband, Michael Marlovitz, right, as a person of interest in relation to her suspicious death. Her body was found in a home in Batavia, Illinois Friday. The 21-year-old was pronounced dead at Delnor Community Hospital in Geneva showing no sign of external injury, she is pictured circled left and inset.

The actress adopted her oldest children, Isabella and Connor, when she was married to Tom Cruise. Then, she conceived daughter Sunday Rose and had Faith through a surrogate.

'I went from millions in the bank to living on food stamps': How a fairy tale wedding

When New Yorker Nathalie Bariman married into the famous Bismarck dynasty, she looked set to live happily ever after - but the fairy tale soured and she found herself struggling even to buy food. She tells Dawn Emery why she has set up a foundation to help other women going through a devastating divorce

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Secret life of children's author Margaret Wide Brown: Wild life of Goodnight Moon writer

Millions of parents have relied on Margaret Wide Brown (left) classic books for a bedtime story for their little ones. Her most famous work, Goodnight Moon (inset), sold more than 14 million copies, making her one of the best selling American children's authors ever. But Brown's simplistic, child-friendly books could not be further away from her own wild, complicated lifestyle. Brown, who never married although was briefly engaged, had a long-term affair with married man William Gaston, a summer romance with fellow author Preston Schoyer and in 1940, began a long-term relationship with Blanche Oelrichs (right)- a feminist poet playwright, actress, and the former wife of John Barrymore.

Deputies pursued a phone tip and found Trevor Peterson's Volvo in a garage located in the 900 block of Foothill Boulevard in La Cañada Flintridge.

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Paul Lubin, 31, of Florida, was arrested in Rockville Centre, Long Island, on Thursday for allegedly robbing six Chase bank branches in Queens and one in the Bronx over the past three months.

The HoloLens device - a set of virtual reality glasses - works by 'remembering' what things look like when the person wearing the glasses holds an item up to tiny cameras fitted into them.

A father has revealed that he suspects his children's partners may be cheating on them, with each other. The dad took to Reddit to ask for advice as he wasn't sure what to do.

Debbie Reynolds' bruised face among tragic realities in HBO 's Bright Lights documentary

Bright Lights: Starring Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher premiered Saturday on HBO, illustrating the tender relationship between mother and daughter Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds, who died within a single day one another last month. The documentary deals with the beautiful, sometimes-tragic relationship the Hollywood lifers shared, and how they coped with fame and the spotlight through multiple decades - and levels of the ever-fleeting commodity that is celebrity. In addition to the mother-daughter pair, the doc turned its attention to key figures in the true Hollywood story, including Carrie's father, singer Eddie Fisher; brother, filmmaker Todd Fisher; and lifelong friend, After Hours actor Griffin Dunne.

While mere mortals might half-heartedly sign up to a new gym this month, celebrities like Madonna are going to more extreme lengths to ensure they kick off 2017 in tip top condition.

Kendall Jenner revealed that she has painted her entire living room pink in a bid to suppress her appetite after hearing about color psychology. Femail looks at the evidence

Geoff Whitington (pictured now) weighed more than 266 pounds, had advanced type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and was popping handfuls of pills every day.

Gender row athlete Caster Semenya marries long-term female partner who helped her beat the 'haters' in extravagant white wedding ceremony

The 26-year-old 800m runner (inset) wed Violet Raseboya in a lavish traditional ceremony in her native South Africa (left) while also celebrating her 26th birthday. Semenya, who has faced controversy throughout her career and was once forced to undergo humiliating gender testing to prove she was female due to her high levels of testosterone, uploaded pictured of the event at an exclusive venue in Pretoria and called it 'our perfect day'. She donned a blue 'Prince Charming'-style outfit while Violet wore a full-length white lace and appliqué dress (right).

Chicken with Mediterranean vegetables is just one of the 'lip-smacking lunches', while other meals include king prawn stuffed pumpkin and baked mackerel with cauliflower rice.

New book, A Really Good Day, by an Israeli-American former lawyer and mother-of-four called Ayelet Waldman, who explains how taking tiny amounts of LCD transformed her life.

Students at a University of London college are demanding that such seminal figures as Plato, Descartes, and Bertrand Russell should be dropped simply because they are white.

Florida dad denied visiting rights to newborn son because of strange law

Christopher Farrell (pictured), 31, was thrilled when he heard his girlfriend was pregnant. However, he has now been told by a Florida court that he has no rights to see, talk to, support, or help raise his son, because the mother is married to another man and the couple wants to raise the child together. He decorated a room for the child in his house in Loxahatchee, Florida and even held the mother a baby shower, and the only time he was allowed to meet the child, he cradled his son in his arms and cried.

A police officer in Fort Worth, Texas claims he was refused service at a Wendy's. When he entered the fast food chain, the location's employees turned away and ignored him.

The statuesque screen beauty who appeared in numerous TV shows and movies, spanning seven decades, died at a Los Angeles hospital on Friday.

Crew members heard a loud bang, but thought the aircraft had collided with a bird. It was only during a post flight examination that the extent of the damage was revealed.

The Amazon Technologies Inc. patent says that individual modules could detach from the collective drone body once they were no longer required, allowing them to deliver smaller parcels.

Mother warn others not to take Ecstasy by posting pictures of teen daughter in coma

A British mother has pleaded with youngsters to avoid taking Ecstasy - after posting pictures of her teenage daughter in a coma after she popped a pill. In posts that have now got viral, devastated mum Kerry Robinson took to social media site Facebook to explicitly reveal the shocking dangers of taking the drug. And she added to her warning by showing her own 16 year-old daughter Leah in a hospital coma after taking Ecstasy over Christmas. Mrs Robinson explained how her family's own scare with Ecstasy came after Leah took what was believed to be the drug at a local party.

Not even sharks are safe from shark attacks. Footage posted by a sport fishing company in Exmouth, WA shows a large hammerhead shark chomping on a whaler shark.

The sleek, hydroponic Kitchen Garden revealed at CES in Las Vegas self-regulates the conditions inside to ensure the best growth conditions, and it even plays music for the plants.

Rebekah Mellon (pictured) plead guilty to first degree murder in the death of her husband. Photos show a blood stained couch and splattered floor of their Phoenix, Arizona home.

JR Smith and wife Jewel reveal their baby Dakota was born 5 months prematurely

Cleveland Cavaliers baller J.R. Smith and his wife Jewel posted a video updating friends and fans about the birth of their baby girl, named Dakota, who was born five months prematurely last week. Jewel choked up while telling of their daughter's five months premature birth, taking a deep breath before telling the camera of the new parent's struggle. She said: 'She's five days old today. Her name is Dakota and she weighs one pound,' she told the camera in the video posted to Uninterupted , the platform created by Smith's teammate Lebron James.

The 6ft-long baby reptile was hauled out of the water and beheaded at a crocodile farm in Thailand. Horrific footage shows the animal still snapping its jaws as it lies in an outdoor sink.

The young girls, named Menna and May, will be treated at the kingdom's expense. Father Islam Saqr Ramadan Hassan said the move had brought 'happiness and joy to our hearts'.

Police in Paris are threatening the lives of homeless migrants by stealing their blankets as temperatures drop to freezing, Doctors Without Borders claimed today (file photo).

More and more men are buying their wives rings to mark the birth of their child as jewellers report a 150 per cent spike in sales of 'baby bling' in the past six months alone.

NEW The footage was captured in Brighton on a snowy night by a near-hysterical couple who filmed the same icy corner as no less than eight passers-by fell over in short succession.

This is the eye-watering moment a punter at Brisbane's FOMO Music Festival asks a group of strangers to help him pop his dislocated shoulder back into place (pictured) while in the mosh pit.

Lylah Fairless, four, of Missouri, the US, was born with a huge mole on the back of her head that doctors feared could become a melanoma and develop fatal cancerous tumours.

How did she survive this? Horrific moment a woman sandwiched between two cars is caught on camera 

NEW A woman has miraculously survived being sandwiched between two cars after a speeding joyrider, who tried to flee the scene immediately, smashed into her by a busy road. Kanta Anand, 40, was walking out of her home in Delhi, India, when the 17-year-old driver ploughed into her. She is then dragged more than 50 yards by the white MUV car before horror footage shows it ramming into a black vehicle pulling out of a junction.Incredibly she only suffered a fractured hip and following surgery is now stable in hospital.

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New Zealand woman puts her ex-husband's yacht up for auction with a $1 reserve price

An $800,000 yacht up for auction with a $1 reserve has attracted its female seller in New Zealand a marriage proposal, swaps for land a top bid of more than half a million with a week to go on the sale. Fiona Campbell (inset) is selling the Ruah (pictured), a former Australian Navy boat with a luxurious refit. She bought the 1944 vessel for her ex-husband but she's aiming for a fresh start in 2017 and wants the 20-metre boat gone. Currently berthed in Wellington, the Ruah has six cabins, beds for 14 people, two showers and all the creature comforts of a house - as well as the seaworthiness to cross the Tasman in heavy seas.

The daughter was having difficulty on the drive of her parents' house in Canada as she prepared to head off on Boxing Day. She kept slipping on the ice and had to grab hold of her father to stop herself.

A hilarious video shows a young boy playing tug of war with a steed in a Connecticut barn. Whenever he pulls backwards the animal hauls him forward. But wait until you see its size...

Lioness claws off cub who tried to take her dinner in South Africa

This is the moment a 'hangry' lioness snarled and clocked her tiny cub around the ear when he came between her and her supper.The footage by freelance wildlife photographer Corlette Wessels captured the hungry family sinking their teeth into a huge buffalo carcass at Djuma Game Reserve in the Kruger Park, South Africa. But the little cub seemed to encroach on his mother's side of the feast which sent her into a fit of rage.

   

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Kuta the rescue dog who swims with a pod of dolphins off Western Australia coast

Staffordshire terrier cross Kuta, circled in red, loves the ocean. She feels at home paddling with the dolphins at Esperance, off the West Australian coast. The two-year-old rescue dog also befriended a seal. Her owner Erin Cummings, pictured inset with Kuta, takes her paddleboarding every morning and occasionally has to call her to come back in.

The brown howler monkey gave Brazilian traffic cops the run around along the Imigrantes highway in the state of São Paulo for more than an hour, bringing traffic to a complete standstill.

Thrilling footage has captured a lackadaisical zebra calmly escaping the jaws of a crafty crocodile. The 23-stone crocodile launched itself at the lying-down zebra in South Luangwa, Zambia.

Hilarious footage of a donkey using his mouth to open a gate-as oppose to jumping over it-has taken the internet by storm. The video was filmed at the Paradise sanctuary in Ronco Scrivia, Italy.

A devil dancer takes part in "La Diablada" festival in Pillaro, Ecuador, Friday, Jan. 6, 2017. Thousands of singing and dancing devils take over a mountain town in Ecuador for six days of revelry in the streets. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

Thousands of singing and dancing devils took taken over a mountain town in Ecuador for six days of revelry. The procession of dancers is the centerpiece of the festival in the town of Pillaro.

China's Hongshui River floating walkway is TWICE the length of Manhattan

NEW Sitting atop the Hongshui River in the Luodian County of southwest China, the vast pathway, pictured, opened on New Year's Day to a flurry of fireworks, and has so far attracted more than 60,000 tourists. During the day, tourists can enjoy various entertainment displays and partake in water sports, while at night, the entire floating spectacle - which would take the average human ten hours to walk the length of - turns into a dazzling light parade, bottom left.

   

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