At least 16 people have been killed by tornadoes as a huge storm system swept across the central and southern United States

At least 16 dead after tornadoes cause devastation across central states as forecasters warn another HUNDRED twisters could hit the area this week

• More than a hundred tornadoes set to hit the central states this week at the start of the nation's tornado season
• The Arkansas tornado touched down about 10 miles west of Little Rock at around 7 p.m.
• It moved northeastward for at least 30 miles leaving a path of destruction - severe property damage
• Tornado caused havoc on the Arkansas towns of Mayflower and Vilonia
  
• Storm-watchers fear that Midwest states like Kansas, Arkansas and Missouri face a high risk of tornadoes this week
• More storms are expected Monday in the South and Mississippi Valley
• The 11-month-old boy whose home was destroyed on Friday during tornado in North Carolina has died
• President Obama said in a statement: 'Your country will be there to help you recover and rebuild, as long as it takes'

By Daily Mail Reporter and Ap

Published: 23:49 GMT, 27 April 2014 | Updated: 18:16 GMT, 28 April 2014

Life in Israel stops to remember the Holocaust

Life in Israel stops to remember the Holocaust: Entire country comes to a halt for two minutes in honour of those murdered by the Nazis

• Sirens marked the beginning of two-minute silence at 9am local time today
• Vehicles and pedestrians come to a standstill and television is also silenced
• Palestinian leader calls Holocaust 'the most heinous crime against humanity'

By Damien Gayle

Published: 10:00 GMT, 28 April 2014 | Updated: 14:21 GMT, 28 April 2014

They will never forget… Thousands sleep on the beach at Gallipoli, Turkey, to commemorate 99th anniversary of one of the fiercest battles of World War One

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• Young men and women spent the evening sleeping on the beach at Gallipoli as part of the Anzac Day memorial
• Anzac Day marks the doomed invasion of Gallipoli by Australian and New Zealand troops on April 25, 1915
• Soldiers sent to Turkey's Gallipoli peninsula under British orders - 11,500 Anzac troops died during the conflict
• The aim of the invasion was to open up Turkish waters to allies and seize the Turkish capital, now called Istanbul
• Memorials for Australian and New Zealand soldiers also held for in northern France and in London's Hyde Park
• A large Anzac Day memorial parade was also held in Sydney, attracting many former servicemen and women
• Duke and Duchess of Cambridge also marked the end of their royal tour with a Anzac Day service in Canberra

By John Hall and Emily Kent Smith and Nathan Klein

Published: 09:04 GMT, 25 April 2014 | Updated: 10:28 GMT, 25 April 2014

Eight are injured and 1,000 are left homeless after fire destroys 500 shanties in South Delhi's Vasant Kunj

• Dozens of fire engines called as fire breaks out in the Vasant Kunj slum cluster in southern New Delhi
• About 500 homes were destroyed, leaving more than 1,000 people homeless
• Cause of the fire is not yet determined, although though likely to be a spark from an illegal electricity cable

By John Hall and Mail Today Reporter

Published: 20:55 GMT, 25 April 2014 | Updated: 00:27 GMT, 26 April 2014 

 

Up to eight people have been injured and more than 500 homes destroyed after a massive fire tore through an area of South Delhi.

Dozens of fire engines were called to the Vasant Kunj slum cluster, and spent two hours battling the flames before they were finally able to get them under control.

Glacier Skywalk opens in the Canadian Rockies

Are YOU brave enough? 918ft high and a GLASS floor - new vertigo-inducing Glacier Skywalk opens in the Canadian Rockies

By Carol Driver

Published: 09:11 GMT, 25 April 2014 | Updated: 10:40 GMT, 25 April 2014

It's one to avoid if you've not got a head for heights.

The new 918ft-high, glass-floored viewing platform, boasting stunning views of the Canadian Rockies, is set to open to the public on May 1.

The tank graveyard: German depot that has dismantled more than 15,000 armoured vehicles built for the Cold War but now sit waiting to be stripped and melted down

By Damien Gayle

Published: 17:57 GMT, 24 April 2014 | Updated: 09:00 GMT, 25 April 2014 

With conflict in European soil in east Ukraine, Russia allegedly massing her forces at the border, it may seem odd that many of the continent's nations are actually dismantling their armed forces.

South Korea ferry toll hits 146 as search gets tougher

 

Published: April 22, 2014, 8:33 am

Updated: 14 hours ago

South Korea ferry toll hits 146 as search gets tougher; divers break cabin walls to reach victims

Cause of the disaster is not yet known, as temporary memorial opens for the victims

Portraits are displayed upon a newly opened group memorial altar for the victims from the sunken South Korean ferry "at the Ansan Olympic memorial hall on Wednesday, April 23, 2014, just down the street from Danwon high school where many of the schoolchildren, lost in the accident, attended. (KIM DOO-HO/AFP/Getty Images)

Tiếng nói Dân oan - Nông dân Cần Thơ, Cà Mau, Dương Nội

Bao giờ 61 ngư dân bị bắt giữ được về nước?

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22/04/2014, 07:00 (GMT+7) 

Đã gần 4 tháng trôi qua nhưng số phận của 61 ngư dân Kiên Giang bị cảnh sát biển Inđônêxia bắt giữ vẫn chưa biết khi nào mới được trả tự do.

Colourful Holy Week carpet made entirely of sawdust and flowers declared a World Record - at 6,600ft long!

By Sarah Gordon

 

Published: 08:17 GMT, 18 April 2014 | Updated: 11:56 GMT, 18 April 2014 

 

They are the colourful carpets used to coat the streets of Guatemala's cities during their iconic Easter Holy Week processions.

Deadly attack on South Sudan base may be considered a 'war crime'

The Telegraph

UN security Council expresses outrage over attack on one of their bases in South Sudan where civilians were sheltering which saw at least 58 people killed

Members of the White Army, a South Sudanese anti-government militia, attend a rally in Nasir  Photo: AFP/Getty Images

AFP 11:05AM BST 19 Apr 2014

11 Overlay Maps That Will Change The Way You See The World

Christina Sterbenz and Mike Nudelman Dec. 10, 2013, 2:23 PM

All maps face the challenge of making the globe appear to scale in two dimensions. Most, like the traditional Mercator projection, keep either size or shape consistent — not both — which skews our perception of continents and countries one way or the other. 

But when you compare square mileage, a whole new world appears. Inspired by this map of Africa's true size from German graphic designer Kai Krause, we created 11 map overlays to open your eyes to some real geography. 

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Heartbreaking aerial images show bodies of elephants slaughtered by vicious poachers lying in the Kenyan wilderness

The invisible man: Liu Bolin's latest camouflage artwork, Hiding in the City

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See More from Liu Bolin at Galerie Paris-Beijing

 

Chinese artist Liu Bolin paints his entire body to exactly match the scenery behind him. He is camouflaged so well it is sometimes almost impossible to spot him. His latest exhibition, Hiding in the City, at the Eli Klein Fine Art gallery in New York, shows him melting into various urban backdrops, including a picture of a variety of mobile phones.

Picture: Eli Klein / Barcroft Media