Viral footage shows smartphone addiction taken to the next level as tourists with their faces glued to their screens tour Venice's beautiful canal on a gondola and miss all the stunning sights.

Muslims make preparations for the upcoming Eid al-Fitr, the three-day celebration marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Idlib, Syrıa on June 13, 2018. Muslims around the world will celebrate the Eid al-Fitr this weekend.

Turkish Chief of General Staff General Hulusi Akar inspected the progress made in Qandil after Turkey launched its operation in the northern Iraqi region to eliminate the threat of the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), following the ongoing aerial campaigns from the operations center.

Temperatures have plunged across Bolivia and Peru as a cold snap passes through the Andes, causing havoc for llama and alpaca farmers as they lose their cattle due to the unseasonly cold weather. In some areas of Bolivia's Andes temperatures have dropped to as much as minus 14 degrees Celsius. In areas like El Alto and Oruro, cattle farmers are struggling to keep their animals alive due to the cold weather and shortages in feed.

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım visited a local bakery during a campaign stop for the June 24 elections in the province of Samsun where he tried his hand at baking pide, which is a traditional flatbread that is popular in Turkey.

The coast guard waiting at Sicily's Catania Port in Italy allowed a ship carrying over 900 migrants to dock and enter the country.

Footage shows people standing close to a railroad waiting for a train to stop in Pakistan. Watch as a distracted man gets terribly hit by an incoming train.

A garbage truck overturned and killed two people after it was overloaded in Sichuan, China. Watch as the truck topples to its side and covers the other car with dirt, killing two people in the process.

Amidst the buzz of the World Cup in Russia, Brazil's street artists have taken to the cities walls and footpaths, spray cans and paintbrushes in hand. New paintings have sprung up in Rio de Janeiro along its iconic shoreline, many of which are positive and focus on the patriotic support. For many locals, these displays of green and yellow are a welcome relief for a country recovering from one of its worst recessions in decades.

Meerkats at a British zoo have been busy predicting the result of Thursday's (June 14) World Cup opener, unanimously suggesting hosts Russia would get the better of Saudi Arabia. The Mystic Meerkats at Drayton Manor Park and Zoo, near Tamworth in Staffordshire, have successfully predicted the results of sporting tournaments in the past and also suggested England would pick up a win in their opening match against Tunisia on Monday (June 18).

Two pairs of newborn giant panda twins are in good health and are being taken good care of at the Giant Panda Breeding and Research Base in Chengdu City, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province. Giant Pandas Meng Meng gave birth to the female twins on May 23 while Ya Yun bore a pigeon pair - a male and a female - panda twins on June 5. All of the newborns are in very good health.

Over 150 million children across the globe are forced to work instead of attending school. Of these children, 73 million work jobs which negatively affect their physical and mental development.

Restrictive laws from the old Turkey became a thing of the past after the ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party came to power 16 years ago under the leadership of current President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, putting an end to undemocratic bans and practices and greatly increasing the rights and freedoms of Turkish citizens.

A two-meter snake got itself trapped inside a fisherman's plastic watter bottle in the Turkish province of Tekirdağ as it was trying to eat the man's catch!

Tourists experience their first 'iftar' in IstanbulCentre for Cross-cultural Communication volunteers organise 'iftar' events for visitors of Suleymaniye Mosque in Istanbul. Hundreds are experiencing their first 'iftar' at the mosque during Ramadan.

A fish that was recently caught and cut it half shocked viewers when it started dancing uncontrollably.

Elephants showed off their soccer skills playing against humans in Thailand within the scope of the “Elephant World Cup" and won 2-1.

President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday signed a joint agreement following a round of meetings in Singapore.

This unlucky chicken found itself surrounded by a group of alligators when suddenly one of the predators clutched it between its jaws.

CCTV footage in Florida captured a speeding car's head-on collision with a divider, sending the driver flying through the windshield before landing meters away on the ground and leaving the vehicle completely wrecked.