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(L-R) Maria Silva, Milena Cortes, Maria Arteaga, Jackeline Bastidas and Gissy Abello pose for a picture at the Famproa dogs shelter where they work, in Los Teques, Venezuela, August 25, 2016. Venezuelans struggling to feed their families let alone their pets are dumping animals on the streets, in parks and at makeshift homes overrun with scrawny animals amid an economic crisis. An hour from Caracas in Los Teques, hundreds of dogs bark and run around the streets scavenging for food outside a makeshift shelter. People come by every few hours to hand over scrawny dogs which are fed by volunteers every day. Venezuela is undergoing a major economic and social crisis, with shortages of basic foods and medicines. Triple digit inflation is hitting everybody hard, including those who own pets. (Photo by Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters)

(L-R) Maria Silva, Milena Cortes, Maria Arteaga, Jackeline Bastidas and Gissy Abello pose for a picture at the Famproa dogs shelter where they work, in Los Teques, Venezuela, August 25, 2016. Venezuelans struggling to feed their families let alone their pets are dumping animals on the streets, in parks and at makeshift homes overrun with scrawny animals amid an economic crisis. An hour from Caracas in Los Teques, hundreds of dogs bark and run around the streets scavenging for food outside a makeshift shelter. (Photo by Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters)
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08 Sep 2016 10:01:00
A dog named Rama surfs a wave off Sydney's Palm Beach with its owner, Australian dog trainer and former surfing champion Chris de Aboitiz (not pictured), February 18, 2016. (Photo by Jason Reed/Reuters)

A dog named Rama surfs a wave off Sydney's Palm Beach with its owner, Australian dog trainer and former surfing champion Chris de Aboitiz (not pictured), February 18, 2016. An Australian dog trainer and former surfing champion is using the discipline of surfing as a way of teaching owners to build healthy relationships with man's best friend. (Photo by Jason Reed/Reuters)
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19 Feb 2016 12:45:00
A reveller holds her dog dressed in costume, during the Rio Dog Carnival, known as the Blocao – with “bloco” meaning street party and “cao” dog, during pre- carnival celebrations at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on February 19, 2017. (Photo by Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP Photo)

A reveller holds her dog dressed in costume, during the Rio Dog Carnival, known as the Blocao – with “bloco” meaning street party and “cao” dog, during pre- carnival celebrations at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on February 19, 2017. (Photo by Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP Photo)
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22 Feb 2017 00:05:00
Dogs and Children

It’s the topic of one never-ending conundrum — do dogs look like their owners? If this is indeed true, do dogs grow to mimic their owners, or do owners choose a dog in their own image? It’s great when science confirms something we already instinctively know. According to a U.S. study, it’s official — dogs do look like their owners.
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25 Aug 2012 12:33:00
Toby balances halloween decorations on his head. (Photo by Pat Langer/Caters News Agency)

Toby, an 11-year-old German shepherd-husky mix, can hold almost anything on his head that his owner, Pat Langner, can think up, including balls, Christmas trees, and even the ingredients for a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. He also shows remarkable self-restraint by not immediately gobbling down the food that his owner gives him to balance. Here: Toby balances halloween decorations on his head. (Photo by Pat Langer/Caters News Agency)
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19 Dec 2017 08:05:00
Police evacuate passengers during an emergency services exercise at the disused Aldwych underground station in London

A simulated casualty is evacuated during an emergency services exercise at the disused Aldwych underground station on February 22, 2012 in London, England. Operation Forward Defensive aims to test the response to a terrorist incident on the London Underground network during the 2012 Olympic Games. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
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23 Feb 2012 09:55:00


Sushi chef Mitsuru Tamura uses a radiation detector on seafood before it is prepared in Manhattan's Sushi Yasuda restaurant April 8, 2011 in New York City. The restaurant has begun using the detector as a precautionary measure due to consumer concerns over possible radiation contamination in seafood from the nuclear emergency in Japan. Health officials believe contamination is unlikely to threaten the food supply chain and none has been found in this restaurant. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
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09 Apr 2011 08:52:00
An injured supporter of Ivory Coast's Laurent Gbagbo reacts outside the premises of Hotel Golf, where Gbagbo is currently being held after his arrest, in Abidjan April 11, 2011. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

An injured supporter of Ivory Coast's Laurent Gbagbo reacts outside the premises of Hotel Golf, where Gbagbo is currently being held after his arrest, in Abidjan April 11, 2011. The trial of Laurent Gbagbo on charges of crimes against humanity during post-election violence, in which around 3,000 people were killed, will begin on January 28, 2016 at the International Criminal Court. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)
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27 Jan 2016 13:45:00