Fist-sized fury! - Giant hailstones batter homes, cars in Paraguay Around 400 homes were damaged and several areas lost power. Paraguay’s National Emergency Secretariat has mobilised to assist affected families.

Fire and brimstone - Historic wooden church reduced to ashes after arson attack on Canada's Acadian Peninsula Police later arrested 68-year-old Saint-Simon resident Gilles Mallet and charged him with arson after investigators determined the blaze was deliberately set. No one was injured.

Twist and spout! - Rare multiple vortexes caught on film over Laguna de Bay off Philippines coast. Known locally as "ipo-ipo," waterspouts are rotating columns of air and water that form over bodies of water.

Historic church engulfed - Flames rip through Leicester landmark as crews battle blaze Authorities said there were no reported casualties and everyone had been accounted for. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

Fire through their eyes - Cutting-edge eyewear captures firefighters battling France's wildfire inferno The wildfire has scorched more than 42,000 hectares and forced over 220,000 people to evacuate. French President Emmanuel Macron has called it the country's worst wildfire crisis in decades.

One tough shell! - Turtle freed from Venezuela rubble over ONE MONTH after deadly quakes

Sweep defeat! - Istanbul resident battles floodwater as torrent keeps coming in Turkey Roads were submerged across several districts as drivers struggled through standing water. Some areas received up to 57mm of rain in less than an hour. Authorities urged residents to take extra care in flood-hit areas.

Shattered and scattered - Strong winds and heavy rain batter China's ceramic capital More than 100mm of rain fell in just three hours, accompanied by fierce gusts. Authorities issued the highest-level weather alert as severe weather swept parts of China.

Massive blaze engulfs 187-year-old First Reformed Church of Astoria in New York, six firefighters wounded The cause of the fire remains under investigation. Established in 1839, the church had previously survived and been rebuilt after a blaze in 1888.

First responders on scene after helicopter crash in New York's Hudson River kills all six on board. A tourist helicopter plummeted upside down into New York City's Hudson River on April 10 killing all six people on board, including a Spanish family with three children and the pilot, Mayor Eric Adams said. The incident happened at around 3:17 p.m. near the Holland Tunnel ventilation shaft in Jersey City, not far from River Drive South and Newport Parkway, near the Water's Soul sculpture.

One man was killed after a rocket, reportedly launched from Lebanon, struck the northern Israeli city of Nahariya. The IDF reported that around 10 rockets were fired from Lebanon. The attacks coincide with the visit of U.S. special envoy Amos Hochstein, who held talks in Lebanon and Israel aimed at brokering a potential ceasefire deal. #Nahariya #Israel #Lebanon