March 1, 2013

By Rebecca BenestStaff WriterWe have all heard of the extreme lengths gone to in order to smuggle drugs across the border, but this drug-launching cannon is a new one.While Pope Benedict XVI leaves the papacy Thursday, discord and tension remains behind him at the Vatican.At age 114, the Guinness World Records names the next “oldest woman in the world.”As Hugo Chavez clings to life, Vice President Nicolas Maduro takes the stand.With pollution levels already incredibly high, a recent sandstorm in Beijing raises pollution to a dangerously new high.In Berlin, a 1.3 km long outdoor wall covered in iconic paintings is under threat to be torn down in order to make way for luxury flats.Photo by Josue Canals