Brazil: Protests continue as Lula is sworn in as Chief of Staff

Demonstrations rumbled for the second straight night in Sao Paulo and Brasilia on 17 March, after leftist former leader Luiz Inacio ‘Lula’ da Silva was sworn in as President Dilma Rousseffs chief of staff and a judge sought to block the move. Protesters filled the streets of Sao Paulos main avenue in anger that Lulas appointment will shield the former president from prosecutors who have charged him with money laundering and fraud as part of a sweeping graft probe centred on state oil company Petrobras. Mar 18, 2016

Toby the two-nosed dog rescued in California

Toby, a dog with the unusual genetic trait of having two snouts, narrowly avoided death after being caught on the streets of Fresno, California and impounded. However, Todd Ray, who runs the Venice Beach Freak Show, happened to come across a post from an animal shelter and asked about adopting the unusual canine. Mar 18, 2016