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A fisherman gets ready to cast his line near the body of a dead humpback whale washed ashore on Macumba beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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A giant crop circle showing Shortie the Jack Russell, mascot of the Ardbeg Distillery, seen from the Jodrell Bank space telescope in Cheshire Field. The installation marks the imminent return of an Ardbeg Whisky experiment from Space
Authorities in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse crowds protesting the death of 18-year-old Michael Brown.
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Lesley McSpadden, the mother of 18-year-old Michael Brown, wipes away tears as Brown's father, Michael Brown Sr., holds up a family picture of himself, his son, top left, and a young child during a news conference Monday
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Police wearing riot gear walk toward a man with his hands raised Monday. Ferguson Police Chief Tom Jackson said a large crowd that gathered throughout Monday at the site of a burned-out convenience store turned rowdy at nightfall, throwing rocks at police. Officers used tear gas and shot "beanbag rounds" meant to stun them, he said.
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Diego Costa of Chelsea celebrates scoring his first goal with his team-mates during the pre-season friendly match against Real Sociedad at Stamford Bridge in London, England
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Ukraine's Hanna Ryzhykova falls at the final hurdle in the women's 400m hurdles at the European Championships in Zurich, having looked likely to win the heat
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A woman poses for a picture in front of a mural in Shah Alam, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Robin Williams mourned
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People gather in memory of actor Robin Williams at a bench that was the site of a scene in the movie "Good Will Hunting" in the Public Garden in Boston, Massachusetts August 12, 2014.
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A Palestinian woman holds her daughter as they stand in front of their house, which witnesses said were destroyed in an Israeli offensive, during a 72-hour truce in Beit Hanoun town in the northern Gaza Strip August 12, 2014.
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Displaced people from the minority Yazidi sect, fleeing violence from forces loyal to the Islamic State in Sinjar town, Iraq, walk towards the Syrian border, on the outskirts of Sinjar mountain, near the Syrian border town of Elierbeh of Al-Hasakah Governorate August 11, 2014.
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An armed pro-Russian separatist points at a bus riddled with bullet holes at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Donetsk, Ukraine, August 13, 2014
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Kosovo police officers escort a man suspected of having fought with Islamist insurgents in Syria and Iraq as they arrive at a court in Pristina August 12, 2014.
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A woman and a toddler walk inside a human-sized lab rat cage installed as part of the "Don't Be A Lab Rat" campaign to discourage youth marijuana use at the Denver Skate Park in Denver August 12, 2014
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Two migrants from Guatemala sleep on the train tracks in Arriaga
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Real Madrid's captain Iker Casillas holds up the trophy after winning the UEFA Super Cup final against Sevilla at Cardiff City stadium, Wales, August 12, 2014.
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A man stands amid damage as flames erupt at a site hit by what activists said was a barrel bomb dropped by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad at Qadi Askar district of Aleppo, Syria, August 13, 2014.
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An injured woman reacts as she gets a haircut to keep her hair off the wound on her neck, which she incurred when she was attacked by a wolf pack, at a hospital in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China, August 12, 2014.
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South African children observe a state of the art life size animatronic Tyrannosaurus rex dinosaur during a visit to the 'Days of the Dinosaurs' exhibtion at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, in Cape Town, South Africa, August 12, 2014. The acclaimed international travelling exhibition was designed in Argentina and constructed in China featuring life size moving and roaring dinosaurs. The 55 ton exhibition was designed to show people how dinosaurs really would have lived and moved centuries ago in their natural habitats where they roamed the planet for more than 100 million years
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Cars are stranded along a flooded stretch of Interstate 75 in Hazel Park, Mich., Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2014. Fearing more motorists could become stranded a day after a storm dumped more than 6 inches of rain in some places in and around Detroit, the state warned commuters against driving in affected areas Tuesday morning
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Non-Hindus carry nets as they wait on the edge of the crater to catch offerings cast down by Hindus during the Kasodo ceremony at Mount Bromo, Probolinggo, Indonesia, August 12, 2014. The Kasodo ceremony is a way of Tengger Hindus to express their gratitude to God for good harvest and fortune. The offerings range from vegetables to chickens, from fruits to goats, from money to other valuables
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Jovito Palparan, 63, is presented to members of the media inside a National Bureau of Investigation in Manila August 12, 2014. Philippine security forces on Tuesday arrested Palparan, a fugitive army general and former congressman, over the disappearance of two students in 2006, ending a three-year manhunt for a person human rights groups accuse of massive violations.
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Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop (2nd R) speaks with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry alongside U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel (L) and Australian Defence Minister David Johnston (R) during a signing ceremony for a joint force posture agreement at the AUSMIN meeting at Admiralty House in Sydney, August 12, 2014
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Tanya Singleton sits on the witness stand as her lawyer E. Peter Parker speaks during a hearing in Fall River Superior Court in Fall River, Mass., Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2014. Singleton, a cousin of former New England Patriots football player Aaron Hernandez, pled guilty to criminal contempt in connection with the investigation of murder charges against Hernandez
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin (L) and his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attend a welcoming ceremony onboard guided missile cruiser Moskva at the Black Sea port of Sochi, August 12, 2014
Swiss train derailed in landslide
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A train has derailed at the top of a gulley after running into a landslide near the Swiss ski resort of St Moritz.
Eleven people are reported to have been injured and taken to nearby hospitals by helicopter, but there appear to have been no fatalities.
The accident left one carriage hanging over the edge of the ravine, while another plunged down before before lodging behind a tree.
The landslide happened after heavy rain in eastern Switzerland overnight
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Historic Lancasters' tandem flight takes place in Lincolnshire
Two World War Two Lancasters have flown together for the first time in 50 years.
The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight's aircraft was joined by the only other airworthy example, which had crossed the Atlantic to Lincolnshire.
The pair was due to pass over Lincoln cathedral last Friday but the flight was postponed due to bad weather.
A series of practice flights near RAF Coningsby will now be performed ahead of a month of events across the UK
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The Canadian Lancaster was restored by a team of volunteers over 11 years
Well done chaps!!
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The Lancaster bomber was designed by Roy Chadwick who was born in Farnworth, near Widnes, in 1893
About 7,300 Lancasters were built during World War Two but most of those that survived the fighting were scrapped
The aircraft is best known for its part in attacking German dams in 1943, later turned into The Dam Busters film
The last time two or more Lancasters flew together is believed to have been in Canada in 1964
Watch: Dambusters crew member speaking about the daring mission
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This lucky diver COD not believe it when a huge rare POTATO COD followed him around for his whole underwater trip. The giant fish kept popping up to say hello while diver John Gransbury, 34, from Brisbane, Australia was enjoying a deep sea dive. John was diving with a group off the coast of Lizard Island and was amazed to see such a rare, huge potato cod following him around, interacting with with the divers and even puckering up for kiss
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The world's first penguin conceived using artificial insemination with frozen-then-thawed semen, aimed at maximising the genetic diversity of penguin species, has joined SeaWorld’s other Magellanic penguins on display at the park in San Diego. The bird was hatched in May and has been hand-reared by animal experts in the Penguin Encounter nursery where she was fed a special formula of ground herring fillets, krill, minerals, vitamins and water five times a day during the first four weeks. She is now 12-weeks-old and is feeding on fish
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An RNLI lifeboat crew helped in the rescue of two cars which were swamped by the sea within 90 minutes of each other as the highest tides of the year caught drivers out in Redcar, near Middlesbrough
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Lava flows down the sides of Mount Etna volcano on the southern Italian island of Sicily near Catania
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A robot carries food for customers in a restaurant in Kunshan, China
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The only two airworthy WWII Lancaster bombers taxing for take off at RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire, eastern England
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Magnificent
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Visitors run away as waves caused by a tidal bore surge past a barrier on the banks of Qiantang River, in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province
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Kersten Howard's stunning photograph of the Milky Way and shooting star over Pentre Ifan in Pembrokeshire, Wales
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Lightning strikes during a summer storm in Monterrey, Mexico
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A protester throws back a smoke bomb during clashes with police in Ferguson, Missouri...
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...Police in Ferguson fired several rounds of tear gas to disperse protesters late on Wednesday, on the fourth night of demonstrations over the fatal shooting last weekend of an unarmed black teenager Michael Brown, 18, by a police officer on Saturday after what police said was a struggle with a gun in a police car.
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A family have literally flashed their cash by covering their car in more than 38,000 pennies. Larry and Theresa Thompson's 1949 Cadillac is covered in one cent coins worth $82.95 - roughly the price of a basic paint job. In total, the coins, which were all hand-stuck, add more than a whopping 14 stone in weight to the car. The project was the brainchild of the couple who, with the helped of their two children, Ben and Taylor, took six weeks to complete
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Pope Francis waves from inside his Popemobile after his arrival at Seoul Air Base in Seongnam, South Korea
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Children look at a 1964 Peel Trident during the Little Car Show in Pacific Grove, California. The event, which showcases small cars with up to 1,601cc engines as well as electric cars, is held during the Pebble Beach Automotive Week which culminates with the Concours d'Elegance
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Asboy, the next generation of aggressive swan Mr Asbo, is attacking rowers and visitors to the River Cam as he patrols the Cambridge waterway
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Dozens of Pikachu characters, the famous character of Nintendo's videogame software Pokemon, parade at the Landmark Plaza shopping mall in Yokohama, suburban Tokyo
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Mo Farah dances as he celebrates winning the gold medal in the men's 10,000m final during the European Athletics Championships in Zurich, Switzerland
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A man poses for pictures with a wax statue of Spain's tennis player Rafael Nadal during a Madame Tussauds' unveiling ceremony at a tennis court in Wuhan, Hubei province
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Dortmund's Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang celebrates after scoring his side's second goal during the match between Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich in Dortmund
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Catlin's Christophe Bailhache surveys Christ of the Abyss with SVII cameras off the coast of Key Largo, Fla. U.S. government scientists hope people will soon be able to go online and get a 360-degree view of reefs and other underwater wonders, much like Google Map's street view
Massive storms caused major flooding across the nation on Tuesday, leaving motorists stranded, homes damaged and roadways closed
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Record-breaking storms caused major flooding across the U.S. on Tuesday, leaving motorists stranded, homes damaged and roadways closed.
In the photo above, a car is abandoned on a flooded street at Sunrise Highway following heavy rains and flash flooding in Bayshore, N.Y. on Aug. 13, 2014. The south shore of Long Island along with the tri-state region saw record setting rain that caused roads to flood entrapping some motorists
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