Pope Francis flew to Bolivia after drawing about 1.5m people to Masses in Ecuador on the first leg of a “homecoming” tour, where he urged the world to take better care of the environment and the poor.

We take a look at some of the more light hearted stories from around the world.

A snorkeler in the Colorado River in Arizona had a bit of surprise when they came across a pair of skeletons strapped to lawn chairs having what appeared to be a tea party.

Macedonia has confirmed it is checking for the ebola virus in a British man who died within hours of being admitted to hospital in the capital Skopje yesterday.

A Spanish missionary priest who tested positive for the Ebola virus is in stable condition at a Madrid hospital after being evacuated from Liberia.

A Spanish missionary priest who tested positive for the Ebola virus has landed in Spain on a flight from Liberia.

A man has attacked and wounded six women with a knife at the international airport terminal in La Paz, Bolivia.

Heavy rains caused a mudslide that buried a small Bolivian settlement, killing at least four people, while nine are listed as missing.

Eight people died when a small airliner crashed while trying to land at an airport in northern Bolivia.

Bolivia’s President Evo Morales has called the rerouting of his plane over suspicions that National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden was aboard a provocation to Latin America and urged European countries to “free themselves” from the United States.

A plane carrying Bolivian president Evo Morales was rerouted to Austria after France and Portugal refused to let it cross their airspace because of suspicions that CIA whistleblower Edward Snowden was on board.

Villagers in Bolivia’s southern highlands buried a teenager alive in the grave of the woman he was suspected of having raped and murdered.

Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez is recovering satisfactorily after cancer surgery in Cuba and has spoken with relatives, his government has said.

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Brazil is granting asylum to a Bolivian opposition senator who has taken refuge in its embassy in La Paz, claiming political persecution and saying he feared for his life.

At least 16 youngsters were killed and 32 injured when their bus plunged into a 400ft ravine north of Bolivia’s capital La Paz on the way to a school sports event.

A trial sparked by the shooting of an Irishman branded an international terrorist by the Bolivian government is to start next month.

A moderate earthquake off the coast of Baja California swayed buildings in Mexico City today.

IRELAND’S cross-party foreign affairs committee has thrown its support behind the family of Irishman Michael Dwyer who are seeking an independent investigation into his death.

THE family of an Irishman who may have been lured to his death in an anti-terrorist shoot-out in Bolivia hope to meet the Foreign Affairs Minister Micheál Martin again this month as part of their campaign for an international enquiry into his death.

Protests against a sharp increase in fuel prices have intensified and turned violent in Bolivia, as thousands of demonstrators demanded President Evo Morales’ government repeal the hike.

WITH a tattoo of revolutionary Che Guevara on his arm, one of Fidel Castro on his calf and a long history of controversy as a player, it didn’t take much to predict what type of manager Diego Maradona was going to be.

Mexican federal police arrested two suspected gang leaders, delivering another big blow to a brutal drug cartel that terrorised the border city of Tijuana for several year

President Evo Morales easily won re-election, according to unofficial results, getting an overwhelming mandate for further revolutionary change on behalf of Bolivia’s long-suppressed indigenous majority.

AS the family of the Tipperary man accused of plotting to murder the President of Bolivia prepare to bury him later today, it has emerged two more men have been arrested in the south American country in relation to the alleged plot.

KIDNAPPED at gunpoint, blindfolded, handcuffed and threatened. A dream trip to South America turned deadly for an Irishman and his girlfriend taken hostage shortly after arriving in the Bolivian capital of La Paz last October.

Irish diplomats are to meet senior Bolivian government officials today for high-level talks on the killing of Michael Dwyer, it emerged today.

Irish diplomats are to meet senior Bolivian government officials tomorrow for high-level talks on the killing of Michael Dwyer, it emerged tonight.

Stephen Rogers and Juno McEnroe profile Michael Dwyer, the Irishman shot dead by security forces for his alleged involvement in a plot to kill a president.

BABY Maya Condor doesn’t know it but her birth in a Bolivian delivery room this week was celebrated by strangers as far away as Brussels, the United States and Ireland.

AN Irish charity is setting its sights high by aiming to improve healthcare in the world’s most elevated capital.

Seve Ballesteros’ recovery from a brain tumour is on the “right track” following a second round of chemotherapy.

A COLLEAGUE in England e-mails to say: “The headline in my tabloid today reads ‘Toxic Irish Meat Cleared From Display’ Jeez. I know everyone seems to want rid, but surely Roy deserves a bit more respect than that hahaha.”

SEVE BALLESTEROS has admitted he was “a rebel patient” at times after being discharged from hospital in Madrid following four operations on a brain tumour.

Seve Ballesteros has admitted he was “a rebel patient” at times after being discharged from hospital in Madrid following four operations on a brain tumour.

Seve Ballesteros has been discharged from hospital, after undergoing surgery to remove a brain tumour.

Seve Ballesteros could be moved out of intensive care as soon as next week, according to the hospital treating the five-time major winner.

Golfing great Seve Ballesteros is continuing to make good progress today following a third operation to remove a brain tumour.

Seve Ballesteros is to remain in intensive care as he continues his recovery from brain surgery in Madrid’s La Paz hospital.

Seve Ballesteros’ condition has improved as he remains in Madrid’s La Paz hospital recovering from brain surgery.

Seve Ballesteros remains in a “stable condition” following his latest operation, doctors at Madrid’s La Paz hospital announced today.

Seve Ballesteros remained “under observation” in Madrid’s La Paz hospital last night after undergoing a third brain operation.

Doctors at Madrid’s La Paz hospital have declared Seve Ballesteros’ third brain operation a success.

Seve Ballesteros has today revealed to the Spanish media that he has been diagnosed with a brain tumour.