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Austria

Watch: Olympic champion skier Wise sets new quarterpipe world record

Wise, double Olympic halfpipe champion at the Sochi and Pyeongchang Games, set the record with a straight air tail grab.

Israel

Lifting the veil: Jerusalem exhibition aims to explain religious dress

The exhibition delves into the similarities and differences between the various veils worn by some Muslims, Jews and Christians who all walk the streets of Jerusalem.

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Canada coin to mark half a century since homosexuality was legalised

The Royal Canadian Mint presented a commemorative coin on Tuesday to honour "50 years of progress in recognizing the rights of LGBT Canadians," according to a statement released by the organization.

Canada

Watch: Canada marks '50 years of progress' with LGBTQ coin

The coin marks 50 years since the decriminalisation of homosexuality in the country, and features the words "Equality-Egalite".

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USA

Going back in time: Warehouse takes Alzheimer's patients back to 1950s

'Town Square' in San Diego comes complete with a 1959 black Ford Thunderbird parked outside an old school diner, a cinema advertising blockbusters such as A Streetcar Named Desire and The Greatest Show on Earth, and a news stand.

Russia

Watch: Polar bear arrives back after wandering 700km from home

Its natural habitat is the northern arctic region of Chukotka, which environmentalists say is being reduced by the impact of climate change.

United Kingdom

Brits lose their marbles to Germans in annual World Championship

It is claimed marbles has been played at Tinsley Green in West Sussex for hundreds of years.

Colombia

Colombian same-sex couples hold "kiss-a-thon" for LGBT rights

"We want people to stop satanizing and discriminating against the LGBT community. We are not sick, we are not an aberration, we are citizens who are here to build a better country."

Japan

Faecal fun for everyone as museum dedicated to poo opens in Japan

"By providing visitors with experiences where they see poops as fun, cute and something they want to talk to other people, we thought we can offer entertainment that no one has experienced before."

Croatia

Watch: Giant handpainted Easter eggs unveiled in Croatian town

Painting eggs is an important tradition in the country and techniques and motifs vary from region to region.

USA

Watch: The eagle chicks with one mum and two dads

A modern family of two male and one female bald eagles are co-parenting their chicks. The males stayed together and courted a new female after their first mate died.

Japan

Watch: 'The most dangerous fishing event in Japan'

It all started as an April Fool, when people took the organiser's joke about a piranha fishing event seriously.

USA

Watch: Skiers take on snow and water on competition course

Competitors in costume ski down the mountain then attempt to cross a 27-metre pond at the bottom.

Hungary

Watch: Budapest Holocaust march honours Scottish missionary

Jane Haining died at Auschwitz and is the only Scot to be honoured as “righteous among the nations” by Yad Vashem.

Italy

Watch: Visit Emperor Nero's palace via virtual reality

Visitors can experience what the ruin once looked like in incredible detail by donning a VR headset. Notorious Nero intended the opulence of his home to reflect his status as an absolute ruler.

Russia

Watch: Russia seeks to send more tourists to its Arctic zone

The country has the largest share of Arctic territory, but only 5% of those who visit are Russian. Tours are still extremely expensive, ranging from €8,250 up to €27,500.

France

Watch: Saints take to the skies from Paris' Notre Dame cathedral

The statues have not left the roof of Notre Dame in more than 100 years.

Philippines

Watch: The Manila traffic vendors selling basketballs and bonsai trees

The city's notorious congestion has become a way for people to make a meagre living.

Thailand

Watch: Water fight with colourful elephants marks Thai New Year

The Songkran festival sees elephants and humans splashing and spraying each other with water.

Indonesia

Watch: Star-gazing technology used to track endangered orangutans

Orangutan numbers have dropped two-thirds since the 1970s as agriculture destroys their habitat.