And Finally... Boy survives for eight days in African game reserve
A missing youngster has been found unharmed after eight days surrounded by lions and other wild animals in an African game park.
Alex Mboweni, 12, vanished after becoming separated from his parents and only survived by drinking from waterholes shared by elephants.
Police located the terrified youngster after getting his mum to call his name from hills in the 15,000sq-mile Kruger National Park close to South Africa's border with Mozambique - and say it is a miracle he survived.
Alex said: "I never thought anyone would find me alive. I heard lions roar in the night and other animals making noises. I was very scared."
The park - popular with British tourists - is home to 150 species including lions, cheetahs, leopards, rhinos and elephants. The family were crossing from their native Mozambique when Alex disappeared.
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