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Hundreds of Nigerian schoolboys return after Boko Haram capture

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Hundreds of Nigerian schoolboys who were abducted by Boko Haram huddled in a government building today after they were freed from their Islamist captors. Dressed in dusty clothes and looking exhausted by their ordeal but otherwise well, the boys arrived on buses in the city of Katsina on Friday after authorities announced that 344 children … Read more

Gone appetit! Stomach-churning photos capture the worst meals

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Gone appetit! Stomach-churning photos capture the worst meals – from VERY burnt sourdough to instant noodles teamed with a BANANA These disastrous mealtime fails show how wrong people can go in the kitchen  Social media users have been sharing their often stomach-churning pictures  Bored Panda collated a collection of the worst examples from across the … Read more

Heartwarming pictures capture man, 89, as he hugs his daughter for the first time since FEBRUARY

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After months of isolation, care home residents were reunited with loved ones yesterday as the roll-out of rapid Covid tests got under way. Families and care workers shed tears of joy as they hugged for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic. It came just hours after ministers announced measures aimed at opening … Read more

Breathtakingly intimate images capture the emotions of labour in all their raw glory 

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The miracle of birth has been recorded in all its raw glory in a series of breathtakingly intimate images from around the world.  The stunning gallery showcases the winners of this year’s inaugural Birth Photographer International Image Competition.  Included among the winning entries was a glimpse of one mother burning through her umbilical cord using … Read more

Wildlife photographer is clueless stag has crept up behind him as he tries to capture a shot

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No I-DEER! Wildlife photographer is clueless stag has crept up behind him as he tries to capture the perfect shot at London park Breath-taking image any wildlife photographer would be delighted to capture But this one has his long lens camera pointing in wrong direction in Bushy Park Moment was captured by another keen wildlife … Read more

Amazing photos capture the moment the ISS passes in front of both the moon and the sun 

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Amazing photos capture the fleeting moment the ISS passes in front of the Sun and the moon during its 17,000mph orbit Photographer Andrew McCarthy, from California, posted the photos on his Instagram account They were taken just days apart as the ISS passed in front of the moon and then the Sun  Mr McCarthy says … Read more

Ghost hunters capture figure in graveyard they believe is spirit of tragic merchant’s wife

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Ghost hunters captured a spooky figure of a ‘floating lady in white’ on camera during their visit to a Victorian graveyard. They believe it is spirit of Katherine Parker, a tragic merchant’s wife who hanged herself over 170 years ago.  The team of paranormal investigators were left with goosebumps when they noticed the ghostly figure lingering by … Read more

14 adorable snaps capture unlikely animal friendships that will melt your heart 

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Best friends fur ever! Heartwarming snaps capture VERY unlikely animal friendships – from a chihuahua cuddling a pigeon to a dog frolicking with an elephant Animal lovers, from around the world, have shared snaps of unlikely furry friends In one snap, believed to have been taken in the UK, a giraffe gave raccoon a kiss  … Read more

Space: Scientists capture a star being devoured by a supermassive black hole 

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Death by ‘spaghettification’: Scientists capture a star being shredded into thin streams of gas as it is devoured by a supermassive black hole The extreme gravitational forces from the black hole tore material off of the star Normally, these so-called ‘tidal disruption events’ are hidden by clouds of dust This obscuring matter comes from the … Read more