A strong earthquake has hit central Italy on Wednesday killing at least 240 people. The earthquake had a magnitude of 6.2 and struck in Norica, Umbria, approximately 100km north-east of Rome. These are the heartbreaking pictures showing how the earthquake has left Italian villages in ruins and how they looked before tragedy. 
 

Special creature effects expert Julian Checkley created an incredible Batman outfit with 23 functioning gadgets. This has earned him the world record for ‘The Most Functional Gadgets On A Cosplay’ Suit and will appear in the new Guinness World Records: Gamer’s Edition 2017.

There is a rush on mammoth ivory in the wilderness of Siberia, Russia. And since it is sold for millions on the black market in China, a lot of people from the poorest villages of Siberia took the opportunity and made a lot of money. These “hunters” or as they are called – tuskers - use illegal new methods to extract mammoth remains while trying to avoid police patrols.

Environmental scientist Summer Rayne Oakes lives in a 1,200 square-foot (111 square meters) apartment in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, where she managed to put 500 different plants. There is even an entire vegetable garden growing in her closet!
 

Israeli artist Sigalit Landau submerged a black gown in the Dead Sea in 2014. The end result is amazing. Check out the photos.
 

Here are some of the hardest and most dangerous paths kids have to take in some parts of the world in order to get to school.
 

The police stopped a young boy from detonating a suicide vest in Kirkuk, Iraq. Four men apprehended the young boy and after removing his suicide vest, they took him into custody.

Sometimes shit happens and you can't fight it...
 

These are the photos of Birmingham students showing how their exam results parties went on after they received their grades. It seems that these young people follow “work hard, play harder” rule. 
 

Foreign students share their experience of living in Moscow dorms. It is not the best experience as very often there is minimal comfort and huge hygienic problems. Students share their beds with bedbugs and cockroaches plus there are frequent problems with leaky ceilings. Of course, these accommodations are not the first choice of students, but because of a very expensive rent in Moscow, they don’t really have a choice. 
 

Ivena Smailes is a resident at Addison Court Care Home in UK who just recently celebrated her 105th birthday. Her birthday wish was something unusual though. She wanted a fireman with tattoos to deliver her birthday cake. Well, “Aunty Ivy” was delivered!