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Raquel Borges embraces her paralyzed lion Ariel at the living room of veterinarian Pereira's home in Sao Paulo July 20, 2011. Pereira's home has turned into a hospital since the 3-year-old lion started a landmark treatment to cure a rare autoimmune disease which paralyzed his legs about a year ago.
Two women, both grandmothers, became New York state's first legally wed same-sex couple.
People look at a Maaz Al Shami (Damascene goat), where the title of "Most Beautiful Goat" will be awarded at the Mazayen al-Maaz competition in Amman July 22, 2011.
A Spanish collector plans to auction what he claims is a newly discovered 8-mm version of a film purportedly showing Marilyn Monroe having sex when she was still an underage actress known as Norma Jean Baker.
Men who pay for sex are more likely than men who do not pay for sex to commit a variety of offenses including violent crimes against women, according to research conducted in the Boston area.
The last space shuttle is headed home. Atlantis left the International Space Station on Tuesday and slipped away after a partial lap around the station.
A girl sits on an ice toilet at the Ice Gallery in Seoul July 20, 2011.
Scientists and engineers gathered Tuesday at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to remember the legacy of the hard-luck rover Spirit.
Obesity prevalence was 30 percent or higher in 12 states of the United States last year, compared to nine states in 2009, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Tuesday.
Indonesia broke the world record on mass wedding when 4,501 couples got married in the capital city of Jakarta.
An online campaign has been launched in Russia urging young women to support Prime Minister Putin in a presidential vote by taking off their clothes.
Veteran US band Cheap Trick escaped unharmed when a storm blew down much of the stage on which they were performing at a major rock concert in the Canadian capital Ottawa late on Sunday.
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