Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) status holder Annie Yonly sits in a congressional hearing room as Liberian activists gather on Capitol Hill before lobbying members of Congress in Washington.

Pro-choice supporters protest in front of the Alabama State House as Alabama state Senate votes on the strictest anti-abortion bill in the United States at the Alabama Legislature in Montgomery, Alabama.

Mandeep Singh, 37, of Texas, reportedly killed his two young children, Ajit Singh, four, and Mehar Birring, three, before setting their bodies on fire and fatally shooting himself on Sunday. The Cooke County Sheriff’s Office identified the dad as Mandeep Singh, of Fort Worth, who they believe killed his four-year-old son, Ajit Singh Birring, and daughter, three-year-old Mehar Kaur Birring. Officials said they received a call that a vehicle was on fire in the middle of the roadway in rural northwest Cooke County on Sunday. The fire department responded, extinguished the fire and located the remains of the two children in the back seat.

A helicopter fell short of a landing pad in Manhattan and was submerged in the Hudson River on Wednesday afternoon. A source told @police_frequency in the Telegram that the pilot, 35-year-old Eric Morales, was alone in the helicopter when it made an unexplained descent into the water running along Manhattan's West Side. Morales was rescued from the river by a barge, having sustained a cut to one hand. A person working at the helipad also suffered non-life-threatening injuries from debris dislodged in the crash. Both people wounded reportedly refused medical attention. #NYC 😱

Colorado school shooter appears in court as his suspected accomplice, 16, faces a judge to be charged as an adult with more than a dozen counts of murder and attempted murder.

Stomach-churning video shows two window cleaners stranded in wildly swinging lift at the top of 50-story Oklahoma skyscraper 😱 #losers

The former Smiths frontmansparked fierce backlash for himself and the late night host as he was performing his cover of Jobriath's 'Morning Starship' - for his album 'California Son' - on Monday. For Britain is an anti-Islam group that was started in 2017 and led by far-right politician Anne Marie Waters (bottom inset). Their website calls for an 'end of Islamisation of the UK' and Waters has described Islam ' evil ' in previous interviews.

Dash-cam footage released by authorities in Florida captured the dramatic moment officers apprehended a suspect wanted on child abuse charges, following a high-speed car chase. Several squad cars from the Florida Highway Patrol can be seen perusing a vehicle driven by Clayton Pafford, 23, at speed in Tallahassee on May 7. Pafford was wanted by police after he allegedly abused his girlfriend's two-year-old daughter, which led to the child being hospitalized with severe injuries. 👮🏻‍♂️

Jumpin' Jack's back! Mick Jagger, 75, shows off his incredible dance skills - just WEEKS after undergoing heart surgery 🕺#funny

A purse snatching suspect accused of targeting Asian women with expensive bags has been arrested for a handbag robbery that saw a mother and her young daughter being violently dragged down a flight of stairs. Pablo Cabrera, 26, was caught on surveillance video targeting the woman and her child at an outdoor office block in San Jose, California on May 6. 👮🏻‍♂️

The dog owner desperately tried to get his pet to budge after it decided to playfully roll over on a street in Swinton, Greater Manchester. 🐶😂 #funny

The walking dead! Creepy moment hermit crab drags doll's head along beach after getting stuck when it crawled inside 🦀 #funny #lol

Arnold Schwarzenegger gets a backstab from an unknown guy in South Africa 🗿 #fools & #losers

U.S. President Donald Trump boards Air Force One after a day of traveling around the state at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport in Kenner, Louisiana.

Migrants are seen outside the U.S. Border Patrol McAllen Station in a makeshift encampment in McAllen, Texas.

An alligator lies on a runway tarmac before being safely carried off the property of MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida.

An Israeli border policeman aims his weapon during a Palestinian protest marking the 71st anniversary of the 'Nakba', or catastrophe, and against Eurovision Song Contest hosted by Israel, in Bethlehem in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.