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A 'jilted' elephant in southwestern China wanders onto a tourist road and damages cars for the third time in one week reportedly after losing a fight for a mate. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
A group of tourists got a little too up close and personal with an angry elephant which began charging towards their jeep in India's Jim Corbett National Park on Saturday. The elephant is seen walking near two smaller elephants when it spots the safari tourists and starts storming towards them while trumpeting. The driver rapidly accelerates and avoids any nasty pachyderm encounters. Jim Corbett National Park is a wildlife sanctuary situated in northern India's Uttarakhand State, it is home to animals ranging from wild elephants, birds, tigers and leopards, as well as Bengal tigers.
Although elephants roving the streets may be a common sight in India or Thailand, residents of the capital of Germany were shocked to see a pachyderm strolling through their neighborhoods on Thursday. Maja the elephant, part of a performance group working for Circus Busch, took a walk with her handlers on the streets of Berlin and became the center of attention.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry takes a moment out of his diplomatic trip to Kenya to snap a 'selfie' with an elephant at an orphanage. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
China's Shenzhou-18 mission takes off from a launch centre in Jiuquan, in the northern Gansu province, carrying three astronauts to the country's Tiangong space station. The three are set to replace the space station's current crew and will remain in orbit around the Earth for six months. IMAGES