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Student Rachael Louise De Jong, 21, (inset) drowned after the Aratiatia Dam In New Zealand had its floodgates opened, sending water surging down the river where she was swimming with friends. Two German tourists, Katrin Taylor and Kevin Kiau, were on a viewing platform in the dam area when they heard the warning siren for the opening floodgates and watched in horror as the water surged towards four people standing on a submerged rock (main). Ms De Jong was swept away, her body was recovered from a rockpool by police on Monday night. Devastated friends and family say Ms De Jong was a smiling, bubbly woman and loved by many.

She revealed eight years ago that she had a long-term incestuous relationship with her father (John Phillips, right). And now Mackenzie Phillips, 57, is opening up about the long-lasting impact the bombshell revelation has had on her family. In excerpts from Phillips' new book, Hopeful Healing: Essays on Managing Recovery and Surviving Addiction, the actress reveals some of her family members still blame her for the abuse.

Rape survivor, Thordis Elva (left), from Iceland, was just 16 when she was raped by her then-boyfriend, Tom Stranger (right), 18, a foreign exchange student from Australia. The pair have joined forces 20 years on and released a TED talk (inset) about the assault. In the talk, the pair discuss the impact the rape had on both of their lives.

Madonna posted a heartbreaking picture of Malawian twins called Stella and Esther to her Instagram account - six months before her new adoption was finalised. In a heartwarming Instagram post (left) featuring her other daughter Lourdes, the singer wrote: '3 Beauties! Lola spends time with twins Stella and Esther at Home of Home Orphanage.' She shared several photos of her trip to the children's home in the Malawian city of Mchinji (top right) with her four children Lourdes, Rocco, David Banda and Mercy James. Yesterday a judge gave her permission to adopt twin girls aged four called Stella and Esther from the Home of Hope orphanage. The girls' biological father Adam Mwale was in the court room when the adoption was approved. Madonna is expected to fly her new daughters back to New York on a private jet today (bottom right, Madonna leaving Lilongwe High Court after a hearing last month).

The villa, immortalised by the 1993 film Schindler's List, is where Nazi sadist Amon Göth lived while he was Kraków-Płaszów death camp commander, before his execution for genocide in 1946. The monster held two Jewish maids prisoner in the basement, who witnessed his barbarism first hand. In the villa in southern Poland, one of the maids was stabbed in the leg when she didn't put enough places at the dinner table. Another saw a young boy murdered because he didn't ask permission to leave the room. She said Göth was once stood on the balcony with his gun watching Jewish inmates working in his garden. She said Göth, inset left with his gun, called them pigs and said he would shoot them if they didn't work quicker. In a haunting adaptation from Schindler's list, Göth was played by Ralph Feinnes, shot prisoners from the balcony of the villa, inset right. This scene was adapted from the book Shindler's Ark.

Sen Elizabeth Warren has earned a rare rebuke by the Senate for quoting Coretta Scott King on the Senate floor. The Massachusetts Democrat ran afoul of the chamber's arcane rules by reading a 30-year-old letter from Dr Martin Luther King's widow that dated to Sen Jeff Sessions' failed judicial nomination three decades ago. King wrote that when acting as a federal prosecutor, Sessions used his power to 'chill the free exercise of the vote by black citizens.' Quoting King technically put Warren in violation of Senate rules for 'impugning the motives' of Sessions, though senators have said far worse stuff. Now, Warren is forbidden from speaking again on Sessions' nomination. A vote on Sessions is expected Wednesday evening.

Cruz is a staunch opponent of Obamacare, while Sanders defended the Affordable Care Act as a crucial measure that provides millions of Americans with care. During the CNN debate Cruz was chided for his awkward exchange with Multiple sclerosis patient Carol Hardaway, from Maryland. The senator from Texas was also slammed online for comparing access to birth control to driving a luxury car. She had asked Cruz how she was going to remain insured if the Senate got rid of Medicaid, which she and millions of other low-income Americans depend on.He replied: 'Congratulations on dealing with MS. It's a terrible disease and congratulations on your struggles dealing with it.' He went on to say that while Medicaid might work for her, it's 'profoundly troubled' on a national scale, with '54 per cent of doctors' refusing to take on new patients covered by the low-income provision.

Families from all around the world have opened their albums to reveal the hilarious mishaps that occurred when they tried to get that perfect shot - and from failed proposals to hungry seagulls (inset), they certainly make for some entertaining viewing. Clockwise from top left: A grandma found herself at the centre of a group of topless men on a raucous night out; two children pose in front of a somewhat unfortunate backdrop; one man couldn't stop himself from spewing all over his friend on a rollercoaster ride; and it all got a bit too much for this toddler at Disney World.

With Valentine's Day fast approaching, it might be about time for you to find a special gift for your loved one. The latest brainteaser, created by vouchercloud, challenges you to find the ruby red ring hidden among a bed of roses. The romantic riddle might just serve as a reminder to couples that are yet to find their present this year.

The list ranks the 100 largest metropolitan areas in the country and rates them on a range of criteria, including affordability, job prospects and quality of life. This year, Austin, Texas topped the list, with Denver, Colorado coming second. Silicon Valley's San Jose in California is third and Washington, despite being described as a swamp, comes in at fourth.

Student Emily Bulea (left), from Goleta, California, is paid to go on dates with wealthy men and keep them company at social events. The 20-year-old said without the money she would struggle to afford her college fees. The cash also allows her to live a luxury lifestyle with weekly beauty treatments, jewellery, clothes meals in exclusive restaurants - and this glittering $500 bra covered in Swarovski crystals (seen right). She even has the support of boyfriend Jack (inset), although he doesn't see 'sugaring' as a long-term career.

Bare-breasted demonstrators have taken to the streets of Argentina in protest over a recent incident in which police expelled topless women sunbathers from a beach under threat of arrest. Dozens of women and some male supporters protested at Buenos Aires' famous Obelisk monument and in other Argentine cities on Tuesday. The protest was held under the slogan: 'Our breasts should not be censored!' Some of the protesters had their chests painted with slogans such as 'Censor this' and 'We are not going to ask you for permission.'

Camryn Zelinger, 32, was arrested on Monday at the Encore High School for the Arts in Riverside, California after the mother of a girl, aged 14 or 15, reported their inappropriate relationship. The student's mother contacted police over the weekend and the teen said the relationship had taken place over the past few months. Zelinger has been charged with suspicion of lewd or lascivious acts with a minor and annoying or molesting a child under 18. Police said their investigation found there had been inappropriate physical contact and communications between Zelinger and the student.

Kimberly Bonn, 58, (right) has accused El Jalisco restaurant in Southwood, Talahassee, of negligence for 'encouraging' customers to climb on to the statue (seen left in another diner's picture) for photos. She blames the restaurant for fracturing her spine 18 months ago when she fell off the statue. Ms Bonn is seeking $15,000 in damages for the incident. In a lawsuit filed in Leon County Circuit Court, her lawyer claimed the restaurant did not provide adequate safety equipment or precautions while encouraging diners to climb on the donkey.

Cooking is a difficult thing to master. One wrong press of a button or a moment of memory lapse, and everything is ruined. But now people from around the world have seen the funny side in failure, and shared photographs of their biggest cooking errors (pictured). The images are a lesson to everyone in the importance of using a tray and keeping an eye on your rolls at all times.

NEW A revolutionary new type of scan developed by a London-based medical team is hoping to transform the way parents-to-be see their unborn babies. A new video shows the astonishing detail the high-tech scan can capture including heartbeat, brain and muscles. (Pictured: Grabs from a video showing a 20-week-old baby being scanned by the new technology produced by the iFIND team. Inset: a scan currently given to pregnant women on the NHS)

NEW These are the amazing images showing life on board one of Hitler's most unsuccessful submarines, U-976. The U-Boat, which was launched in 1943 was sunk shortly before D-Day by a flight of two RAF Mosquito fighter-bombers. However, the boat's First Officer Lieutenant Wilhelm Hinrichs kept a fascinating photographic album of the submarine, which is now coming up for auction in Maryland.

Multi-award winning photographer Esther Bubley managed to capture the chaos of US bus travel in the Midwest and South in 1943. Bubley traveled with ordinary Americans on crowded Greyhounds and other buses through major cities and dusty backroads, capturing the passengers, drivers, porters, mechanics and cleaners of the system in poignant and empathetic images of a bygone era. She captured various facets of the war effort such as bus travel which had dramatically increased with wartime rationing of rubber and gasoline.

Sarah and John Wenham (together top right) had saved for years for 'the wedding of their dreams' in Cuba, costing more than £25,000 for themselves and 24 guests. But they were left fearing for their lives when the lobby roof at Sol Rio De Luna y Mares Hotel in Cuba suddenly buckled and collapsed (main), trapping them underneath and injuring many members of the wedding party including Ruth Ricketts, who required 19 stitches to her head (bottom right). The bride also needed to be stitched up when she suffered a nasty cut above her right eye (left). Sarah said: 'I saw the blood start to gush from my head and I genuinely thought in that moment that I was going to die.' In the aftermath, John desperately scrambled around the lobby to find his wife, and had to get two people to lift the rubble off her body so that he could drag her to safety.

Potter author Rowling (right), who often gets involved in spats with readers on Twitter, hit back at a fan who wrote they would 'cry' when she died and that millions would 'pull out toy wands' in tribute to her. The meme (left) also said that in the wake of her death 'Hogwarts will come back to life as a new generation is introduced to ‘The Boy Who Lived.’ Billionaire novellist Rowling, replied (inset): 'This is very sweet, but I won't be offended if you untag me when making plans for my death.'

The parents of the cute stars of this online gallery spied a silver lining to the endless stream of dirty nappies that is part and parcel of life with a newborn - the comical faces that babies pull when nature calls.

The Presenchit Mansion in Thailand was bought in 2012 and went through a renovation that saw it disassembled and moved hundreds of miles before being re-built to look like it did in its glory days of the early 20th Century. The new owner, Attada Khoman, compiled historical data on the house, including its archaeological and architectural history and an appraisal of authenticity and integrity, before starting the restoration process. The home, formerly located on Si Praya Road in Bangkok, was built in 1907. It was first used by a noble family and then by the Khoman family. Designer Khoman and architect Chak Kanjanakad teamed up to begin the restoration process on the home in the fall of 2012. Today the home is used as a museum for the Villa Musee in Khao Yai.

A problem-solving donkey has been caught on camera opening a wooden gate at a sanctuary in Ronco Scrivia, northern Italy. Sanctuary staff say he's much brighter than the other donkeys there and that his party-trick has become a regular occurrence.

An intrepid photographer has created an incredible picture project documenting his year in Antarctica. Michal Krzysztofowicz, Data Manager for the British Antarctic Survey based at the Halley Research Station was posted to the continent in December 2015 and is due to stay until March 2017, and challenged himself to take a picture a day for the whole year. The result is Antarctica366 (it was a leap year), an amazing picture collection showcasing jaw-dropping photographs of life at the southernmost continent where temperatures can drop to -56øC.

A luxury hotel in Damansara, outside Kuala Lumpur, has been set up to offer pampered moggies the ultimate stay with services including playtime, grooming and dating for female felines on heat. Catzonia has four room types with the top end Very Very Important Cat (VVIC) bedrooms (top right and bottom right) featuring a mini playground, 24-hour temperature control and three beds so that pet families can stay together.

This giant bullfrog gave an unsuspecting cameraman a huge shock when he made a giant leap towards the camera. The bullfrog appeared to be relaxing in the recent rain fall when he was spotted by 29-year-old Jan-Hendrik Hanekom. Jan-Hendrick was driving a group of students through Namibia's Erindi Private Game Reserve during an Eco Training course when he came across the giant frog.