PHOTOS: Meet the Miss World contestants

120 contestants will represent their countries in this year's miss world contest. The grand final will take place in London on 14 December.

Here are some of their photos:

This year's contestants meet the current Miss World

Representing the UK and Ireland: From left, Miss England Carina Tyrrell, Miss Northern Ireland Rebekah Shirley, Miss Scotland Ellie McKeating, Miss Wales Alice Ford and Miss Ireland Jessica Hayes

 

Alice Ford (right), pictured here with Miss England (left) and the current Miss World

Miss Scotland, Ellie McKeating

Miss Canada Annora Bourgeault

Miss Australia Courtney Thorpe

Miss Australia

Miss USA Elizabeth Safrit

Miss Russia, Anastasia

Awien is representing South Sudan

All the contestants

20 most peaceful countries in the world

The Global Peace Index (GPI) ranks nations according to: the level of safety and security in society; the extent of domestic or international conflict; and the degree of militarization. See below countries that made it to the top 20 this year.

1. ICELAND

2. DENMARK

 

 

3. AUSTRIA

 

 

 

4. NEW ZEALAND

 

 

 

5. SWITZERLAND

 

 

 

6. FINLAND

 

 

 

7. CANADA

 

 

 

8. JAPAN

 

 

 

9. BELGIUM

 

 

 

10. NORWAY

 

 

11. CZECH REPUBLIC

 

 

12. SWEDEN

 

 

13. REP OF IRELAND

 

 

 

14. SLOVENIA

 

 

 

15. AUSTRALIA

 

 

16. BHUTAN

 

 

 

17. GERMANY

 

 

18. PORTUGAL

 

 

19. SLOVAKIA

 

 

 

20. NETHERLANDS

Jungle justice in Chile as alleged thief is stripped naked and tied to a lamp post with clingfilm

The thief is stripped, wrapped in cling film and strapped to a lamp post

Crowds gathered round 32-year-old Valentino Abeyta Barrera as he was stripped, had his underpants pulled down, and was tied to a lamp post with a cling film.
Valentino was allegedly caught by vigilantes as he was trying to rob a an old man by holding a knife to his throat.

Police arrived after 20 minutes and he was taken to the police station' but he refused to file a complaint, and police said they had been forced to let him go because the alleged victim of the man's attack had also not made a complaint.
A police spokesman said: "Unless the man who was tied to the lamppost or his alleged victim want to file a complaint, there is not much we can do."

 

Death toll from Nigerian mosque bomb blast continues to rise

Multiple explosions tore through the central mosque in Kano, Nigeria's second-largest city today.
At least 81 people were killed in the bomb attack, sources from two hospitals visited by Reuters said. Police earlier put the figure at 35.

Around 150 others sustained various degrees of injuries in the blasts.

According to witnesses, heavy smoke could be seen billowing in the sky from a long distance away.
Immediately after the blasts, hundreds of angry youths took to the streets to riot, throwing stones and sticks and shouting at security officials.

Former Miss Africa Ireland, Osi Ugonoh emerges the winner of 2014 Poland’s Next Top Model!

20-year-old 5ft 11in model, Osi Ugonoh has been named Poland’s Next Top Model 2014. She is the fourth ever winner of the show.
Osi was born in Gdansk in Poland to Nigerian parents but relocated to Ireland with her family and settled in Dundalk.
She started modelling at the age of 15 and was crowned Miss Africa Ireland in 2012.