The Hill of Crosses reminds one of an old cemetery, but it's a place of Catholic pilgrimage. People believe that if they leave a cross here, their wishes will be fulfilled. According to a legend, the first to establish a cross on the hill was a peasant whose daughter was seriously ill. The girl soon recovered, and new crosses appeared.
Chinese marathon runner He Yinli has been accused of desecrating the national flag after throwing it to ground several times as she was denied victory during a controversial finish in the Suzhou Marathon in eastern China.
Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan has cleared more than $560,000 worth of debt owed by farmers, amid a wider agricultural crisis that has forced many rural workers into extreme poverty.
On Halloween night in 2002, four young girls were walking down a lonely street, when they passed by an old church. Standing outside was a man dressed in a clown costume.
The coffee beans produced are digested by the civet cat, the faeces of the cat are then collected, finished and sold as Kopi Luwak.
Truth coming from the well armed with her whip to chastise mankind is an 1896 painting by the French artist Jean-Léon Gérôme. In the picture, a nude woman (truth) emerges from a well screaming. The painting may be based on the saying "Truth lies at the bottom of a well."
Senegal pulled off a historic victory. But instead of partying in the minutes after the end of the game, they tasked themselves with cleaning up their section before leaving.
A family has been reunited with its dog 10 years after the dog went missing.
Tết Nguyên Đán, more commonly known by its shortened name Tết, is the most important and popular holiday and festival in Vietnam.
Diaries, prescription glasses and a cigarette case are among some 100 items belonging to John Lennon that have been recovered in Berlin after they were allegedly stolen by Yoko Ono's driver in 2006, German officials said Tuesday.