Thailand held a nation-wide Buddhist alms-giving ceremony on Friday (13 October) to mark the first anniversary of the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the worlds longest-reigning monarch who helped shape the Southeast Asian nation for decades after World War Two.
Scientists have discovered eight new spindle-like galaxies—huge structures once thought to be extremely rare features of the cosmos. Traditionally, we think of galaxies as being flat rotating disks made up of billions of stars, with a black hole at their center. However, scientists also know of another type known as prolate rotators. These are cigar-shaped galaxies that rotate along their axis making it look like a spindle. Until now, only a handful of which had ever been observed, making astronomers think they were extremely rare.
The Duchess of Cambridge attended a reception at Buckingham Palace on 10 Ocotber for World Mental Health Day , her first public appearance since announcing her pregnancy.
Princess Mako of Japan officially delcared this week she is giving up her royal status to marry a commoner. But she is not the only royal to have given up her title for love.Bearing the crown often means the state interfering with who you can and cannot marry which has led some to take off the crown for good.
Prince George arrived for his first day at school on 7 September without mum Kate, who is suffering from severe morning sickness. His Dad The Duke of Cambridge accompanied a George to his new school Thomass in Battersea.
The German Chancellor was heckled during an election campaign event in Torgau on 6 September. Protesters could be heard whistling, booing and holding signs reading dispose of Merkel.
More than 70 years later, a World War 2 bomb was found in Frankfurt, Germany prompting the biggest evacuation in post-war German history, involving hundreds of officials.
Crowds gathered outside the gates of Kensington Palace in central London today, to pay tribute to the late Diana, Princess of Wales, on the 20th anniversary of her death.