Indonesia

Motorcyclist’s terrifying brush with death when he rides into the path of a speeding train at level crossing The motorcyclist ignored loud sirens warning about the approaching train  The train driver blasted his horn as his locomotive approached the crossing  If identified, the rogue rider faces a £40 fine and up to three months in … Read more

Corgi shows off his impressive doggy paddle – after struggling to get his little legs over the side of the pool Oliver, a six-year-old Corgi, adorably struggles to scoot his little legs into a pool  Footage was filmed by owner Christell Eve at their home in Jakarta, Indonesia Eventually the persistent pooch manages to shuffle his body in … Read more

It’s not a game of Hungry Hippo: Outrage after woman caught throwing plastic bottle into animal’s mouth at a safari park in Indonesia A woman threw the plastic bottle out of her car during the safari in West Java Cyntia Atu, who was driving behind, alerted officials who rushed to the hippo The animal managed … Read more

The sky above an erupting volcano in Indonesia has turned a stunning electric purple during a lightning storm. Spectacular images captured the spectacle as Mount Sinabung in Karo, North Sumatra, continued to spew a column of ash and smoke up to 16,400ft (5km) into the sky as lightning bolts crackled above. Sinabung leapt back into life … Read more

Body of boy, eight, is cut out of crocodile that swallowed him whole as the child’s father tried to fight it off in Indonesia WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Dimas Mulkan Saputra was fishing with his father in a river in Indonesia on Wednesday The father tried to punch the crocodile who dragged the child away A day … Read more

The body of a critically endangered elephant killed by a hunting trap was found in Indonesia on Friday, local officials said. Shocking images of the Sumatran elephant show the animal’s decomposing body lying on its side, with a cut on its leg from where it was caught by the trap.  The male elephant, who is … Read more

The world’s fattest child is now unrecognisable after the schoolboy managed to shed more than half of his body weight. Arya Permana, 14, who weighed an eye-watering 30 stone aged just 11, now weighs an impressive 13 stone and is encouraging others to follow a healthy diet.  The school pupil had baffled doctors five years … Read more

That was not going to end well: Curious mouse sniffs a blue viper… who promptly eats it with a flash of its fangs Images capture the dramatic moment a mouse is gobbled up by a blue pit viper in just five minutes The curious rodent is seen sniffing the 27-inch venomous snake, seemingly unaware of … Read more