Robert Landsberg was filming Mount St. Helens in 1980 when the volcano erupted. When he realised that he was not going to escape the eruption, he placed his camera on his backpack and covered it with his body in order to protect it. When he was found 17 days later, the film was developed and the photos published in National Geographic.
This man just wanted to get a quick bite to eat at his local fast food restaurant. However, unfortunately for the staff, it did not go quite as planned…
She may look harmless enough but this woman’s recent trip to the beach ended with a run in with the local police…
During a recent protest against the decline in prices for dairy products in Brussels, Belgium, farmers attacked the police with hoses of milk.
Can you spot the Austrian mother of two who came third in the “Miss Physique” section of the NABBA World championship this year?
Salvatore Perrone was recently arrested in Staten Island as a suspect in a murder. Here's the sketch that police made.
A chef demonstrates his skills with a knife by slicing meat balanced on top of a balloon. Chen Zibao showed off his delicate touch by cutting raw pork slices using a large cleaver on top of the balloon without popping it, in Wanzhou, Sichuan Province, China. [Telegraph]
In this series of photos, the Korean leader, Kim Jong Un visits a family of young factory workers. However, despite how it looks, this is not the average standard of living for most North Koreans. In fact, these photos are a form of propaganda aimed at the rest of the world and offer a distorted perception of reality.
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This quirky guy documents his flair for balancing an assortment of things on his girlfriend’s head over the course of 3 weeks.
The World Discoverer, pictured here, was built in 1974 and was used as a cruise ship for over 25 years. However, in April 2000 the ship collided with a reef near the Solomon Islands in the Pacific Ocean and was left there when the local residents stripped the ship of all of its valuable contents. Today, it is a tourist destination and still lies rusting in the sea.
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