The annual spouse-porting event attracted competitors from 14 countries around the world determined to win the coveted title.
The Wife-Carrying World Championship has been held - with the lucky winner taking home the weight of the winning wife in beer.

Held in Sonkajärvi, Finland, the event, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, took place in pouring rain but despite there were still 60 couples taking part, coming from 14 countries.

The harmless little creatures have been caught up in a profanity whirlwind thanks to diners sharing their tales online.
The success of those funny little yellow creatures has been growing and growing, but some parents have been stunned by the apparent swearing of a Minion toy.

McDonald's in the US have been giving out speaking toys with Happy Meals to tie in with the release of the new film, but shocked parents have taken to the internet to discuss what is being said.

One dad, Paul Butts, put a video on YouTube and explained: "This is a Minion we bought the other night. My daughter got a Happy Meal from McDonald's with a toy."

Cinemagoers nearly choked on their popcorn when bold Luke Samson took his clothes off and started doing the worm.
Film fans watching strip flick Magic Mike XXL in the cinema were left stunned when a naked man jumped up and started gyrating his hips.

Just an hour earlier, Luke Samson joked on a Facebook status that if he got 1,000 likes before the 8.30pm showing, he'd "jump on the stage" and "do a full strip routine."

But then the cocky 25-year-old's post was shared by dozens of his mates and unfortunately for him, it soon spread like wildfire.

The First Church of Cannabis which preaches the healing powers of pot has won its right to spread its groovy gospel.

Bill Levin, 59, founded the church on March 26 and it has already clocked up over 700 members.

Members of the congregation, called “Cannabiterians,� say they smoke marijuana to connect more closely with themselves and others.

They pay £30 ($50) for a 12-month membership and sell "Holy Rollers" rolling paper to raise money for the church.

The church has weed instead of wine and a “pooh-bah� in place of a pastor, who preaches the power of weed to heal the world.

A lawyer in Kenya has offered President Obama an assortment of cows, sheep and goats in return for his teenage daughter’s hand in marriage.

Felix Kiprono said he “got interested� in 16-year-old Malia in 2008 and has been saving himself for her ever since.

The lawyer, whose age has not been revealed, said he would give the President of the United States 50 cows, 70 sheep and 30 goats if he let the two tie the knot.

Speaking to The Nairobian newspaper, Mr Kiprono said: “I have shared this with my family and they are willing to help me raise the bride price.�

Mr Kiprono told how he was drafting a letter that he planned to hand to the US ambassador to Kenya a letter to President Obama with the offer.

Amazing shots show a 'frog within a frog' which has been impressing scientists.

Cannibalism is in full effect with this frog, which was discovered by Dr Thomas Kleinteich, and has been referred to as the 'meta-frog', referring to the abstract nature of the image.

The main frog was a 70-millimetre long Argentine horned frog preserved in alcohol, whose provenance was unknown.