Elephant race in Nepali festival
2010-12-29 11:25:10
Nepal's annual international elephant festival draws thousands of visitors to Chitwan National Park in Sauraha, about 170 km (106 miles) south of Kathmandu in Nepal on Dec 28, 2010.
Dog gets head stuck in hole
2010-12-29 07:12:36
An 8-month-old German Shepherd is shown stuck in a hole in an 18-inch block wall in Desert Hot Springs, California Dec 27, 2010 in this photograph released by the Riverside County Animal Services December 27, 2010.
Indian man becomes oldest father at age of 94
2010-12-28 15:54:41
A laborer in the northern Indian state Haryana is reported to have become the country's oldest father at the age of 94.
Elephant football a big draw in Nepal
2010-12-27 13:05:22
Elephant football is one of the highlights of the annual Chitwan Elephant Festival, which attracts many tourists as well as locals.
Elephants dressed as Santa Claus in Bangkok
2010-12-24 15:34:00
Elephants dressed as Santa Claus perform for students during Christmas celebrations at Jirasart school in Ayutthaya, 70 km (44 miles) north of Bangkok, Dec 24, 2010.
UK pupils publish paper in academic journal
2010-12-22 11:30:20
A primary school science project has for the first time appeared in Biology Letters on Wednesday, which is an internationally recognized peer-reviewed academic journal.
A very jolly Santa Claus obsession
2010-12-21 10:42:26
It began with an innocent legacy from an elderly aunt, when she bequeathed Jean-Guy Laquerre an early 20th-century paper-mache Santa Claus figure two decades ago.
Breeding project expands the pecking order
2010-12-21 08:20:54
Three Black Palm Cockatoo siblings are displayed to the media at the Jurong Bird Park in Singapore on Dec 20, 2010. Black Palm Cockatoos are being bred as part of the park's ongoing birdlife conservation program.
Snow Monkeys soak in hot spring
2010-12-15 22:26:51
Japanese Macaques (Snow Monkeys) soak in a hot spring in Hakodate, on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido.
Animal Christmas party in the Philippines
2010-12-11 10:33:36
The Philippines, the largest Roman Catholic state in Asia, observes one of the longest Christmas holidays in the world, beginning with dawn masses on Dec 16 to the feast of the Three Kings in January.
Flyway to the danger zone
2010-12-01 07:29:08
Zhou Le, one of the top 10 finalists in a sports show held by www.hsw.cn, a local news portal, performs a heart-stopping stunt - jummping over four people on his bicycle - at an event held in Xi'an, Shaanxi province.
Youthful woman mistaken for underage driver
2010-11-30 14:19:12
Yangfang, a female driver, operates a bus in Zhengzhou, capital of Henan province, Nov 24. Passengers in Zhengzhou recently filed complaints that their safety was threatened by an under-age boy being allowed to drive a bus. However it turned out to be 24-year-old Yang was also questioned by traffic police over the case of mistaken identity.