Thai crown prince strips in-laws of royal surname

Thailand's crown prince Vajiralongkorn has asked the government to strip his wife's family of their royally issued surname.
The move came after three relatives of the wife, Princess Srirasm, were arrested in end November 2014 as part of the corruption probe.

Tea expert's tastebuds insured for £1 million

A professional tea taster, Sebastian Michaelis, from the UK can taste and grade more than 1,500 different varieties of tea.
He has had his tastebuds insured for £1 million in November 2014.

Ship graveyard in Nouadhibou

In the city of Nouadhibou, you will find a ship graveyard. This ship graveyard consists of hundreds of ships full of rust floating in the water, while some of them are on the beach as well.
Nouadhibou is the second largest city in Mauritania, which is in western North Africa. This is the country’s commercial center.
However, why are all these ships just abandoned and left to die? Apparently the Mauritanian harbor officers were taking bribes which was allowing companies to abandon their ships in the harbor and all around the bay.
This started to become noticeable in the 1980s, after the nationalization of the Mauritanian fishing industry. Fishing ships that weren’t making much money or were using old vessels found it a very convenient place to set it and forget it.

Soldiers and men and women in uniform are people just like you and I when the uniform comes off

Soldiers and men and women in uniform are people just like you and I when the uniform comes off.
Photos courtesy: Devin Mitchell (Photographer).