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!['Wizard of Oz ride': Tornado picks up house with family inside](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
'Wizard of Oz ride': Tornado picks up house with family inside
Frenzied search for disabled girl on a respirator who was still inside the house.
![Mardi Gras offers new trinkets to carnival attendees; Covid-19 tests](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Mardi Gras offers new trinkets to carnival attendees; Covid-19 tests
Welcome to Mardi Gras, where coloured beads and RAT tests are offered to crowds.
![15 'overrated' destinations travellers think you should avoid](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
15 'overrated' destinations travellers think you should avoid
Get your bucket list out, some destinations may not make the cut.
![US Supreme Court to rule on Joe Biden's vaccine mandates](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
US Supreme Court to rule on Joe Biden's vaccine mandates
Nearly 207 million Americans, 62.3 per cent of the population, are fully vaccinated.
![2022 Travel: World's best river cruises from Europe to the Amazon](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
2022 Travel: World's best river cruises from Europe to the Amazon
Do ocean cruises' crowds and potential big waves leave you cold? Consider river cruising.
![Outbreak on the Norwegian Breakaway cruise as 10 test positive for Covid](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Outbreak on the Norwegian Breakaway cruise as 10 test positive for Covid
Some passengers picked up quite the souvenir on a recent cruise to Mexico.
![US passenger wows crowd with performance of 'No Diggity'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
US passenger wows crowd with performance of 'No Diggity'
Southwest Airlines like the way one passenger works it.
!['Narcissistic psychopath': Real estate heir's day of reckoning](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
'Narcissistic psychopath': Real estate heir's day of reckoning
The New York real estate heir has been sentenced to life in prison without parole.
![20 years on: Robert Durst found guilty of murdering best friend](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
20 years on: Robert Durst found guilty of murdering best friend
Durst was not in court for the verdict from the jury that deliberated about seven hours.
![Hurricane Ida: Kiwi family 'in the thick of it'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Hurricane Ida: Kiwi family 'in the thick of it'
Dean Harvey and his family don't plan to go outside for days.
![Hurricane Ida: Storm strengthens to category 4 as it approaches coast](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Hurricane Ida: Storm strengthens to category 4 as it approaches coast
The hurricane is heading straight towards New Orleans, 16 years after Katrina.
![Hurricane Ida blasts ashore in Louisiana](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Hurricane Ida blasts ashore in Louisiana
Ida has hit the US coast on the same date Hurricane Katrina struck 16 years ago.
![Mardi Gras 'not cancelled': 3000 houses become carnival floats](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Mardi Gras 'not cancelled': 3000 houses become carnival floats
New Orleans biggest street party has got a "new look" in the era of stay home.
![New Orleans swingers event officially a Covid-19 superspreader](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
New Orleans swingers event officially a Covid-19 superspreader
Swingers convention went ahead despite a Covid-19 surge in state of Louisiana.
![Covid 19: Photos of a global pandemic](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Covid 19: Photos of a global pandemic
A week of images document the courage, the anguish and the sheer impact of Covid 19.
![New Orleans: Eatin', boozin' and groovin'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
New Orleans: Eatin', boozin' and groovin'
You'll love every cocktail-fuelled calorie-laden minute.
![Woman killed by Mardi Gras parade float, New Orleans troupe devastated](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Woman killed by Mardi Gras parade float, New Orleans troupe devastated
The all-female street parade is a highlight of Mardi Gras, but this was a sad night.
![Lost, lonely feelings: Wandering minstrel Delaney Davidson's life on the road](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Lost, lonely feelings: Wandering minstrel Delaney Davidson's life on the road
Former NZ Arts Foundation Laureate recounts his best - and worst - travel memories.
![Mass shooting in French Quarter of New Orleans](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Mass shooting in French Quarter of New Orleans
Eleven people reported to be hit by gunfire, with two in critical condition.
![Timberlake 'feels guilty' after getting caught cozying up to co-star](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Timberlake 'feels guilty' after getting caught cozying up to co-star
Timberlake is desperately trying to "make it up to" wife Jessica Biel after night out.