World’s shortest man

The filipino Junrey Balawing held 18 years with its entry into the Guinness Book of Records for being the man of lesser stature in the world.

ASTRONAUTS In Real Life

Have you always dreamed of becoming an astronaut? Maybe it's not as glamorous as you imagined… In Hunter Freeman's imagination it's no big deal to be an astronaut. They spend lonely mornings in diners, work in warehouses, frequent laundromats and scour beaches for metal. Maybe these are aged spacemen who've become too attached to their suits or maybe this is what Mars will be like should we never sort out that pesky atmosphere problem.

Banana Carvings

Japanese artist named Suu transforms regular bananas into 3D sculptures.

Scary three-dimensional characters are carved into ripe bananas.

Jet Feats

Two F16 jets of the US Air Force Thunderbirds perform a back-to-back mirror flight during the Constanta Air Show 2011 at Mihail Kogalniceanu airfield, near Constanta, Romania

Two US Air Force Thunderbird F16 jets cross their trajectories while performing at the Constanta Air Show 2011

The US Air Force Thunderbirds F16 demonstration squadron performs in Mihail Kogalniceanu, eastern Romania

F-16 fighters of the Thunderbirds, the US Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, perform during a Romanian-US airshow at Kogalniceanu airport

Aircraft of the US Air Force air demonstration squadron, the Thunderbirds, fly over Kogalniceanu airport

The US Air Force Thunderbirds F16 demonstration squadron performs in Mihail Kogalniceanu, eastern Romania

F16 jets of the US Air Force Thunderbirds perform at the Constant Air Show

F16 jets of the US Air Force Thunderbirds perform

Romanian air club parachutists land at Kogalniceanu airport

A Romanian glider performs as a wild bird passes by

A Romanian Air Forces MIG 21 Lancer flies during an air show over Kogalniceanu airport

Two gliders from the Romanian Air Club perform at the show

F16 jets of the US Air Force Thunderbirds draw a heart in the sky

Aircraft of the US Air Force air demonstration squadron, the Thunderbirds, fly over Kogalniceanu airport, near Constanta

A US marine shows an anti-aircraft gun to children

People watch members of Romania's aeroclub perform in Zlin aeroplanes