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'History has been made': See transgender athlete qualifiy for Olympics

New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard is set to become the first transgender athlete to compete in the Olympic Games, after she was selected for the national team. She will compete in the women's 87-kilogram category, according to a statement released by the New Zealand Olympic Committee that also announced the four other members of the weightlifting team.

Danger and demons: Yemen's mysterious 'Well of Hell'

Al-Mahra (Yemen) (AFP) – Surrounded in mystery and tales of demons, the Well of Barhout in Yemen's east — known as the "Well of Hell" — is a little-understood natural wonder. Closer to the border with Oman than to the capital Sanaa 1,300 kilometres (800 miles) away, the giant hole in the desert of Al-Mahra province is 30 metres wide and thought to be anywhere between 100 and 250 metres deep.

Danger and demons: Yemen's mysterious 'Well of Hell'

Al-Mahra (Yemen) (AFP) – Surrounded in mystery and tales of demons, the Well of Barhout in Yemen's east — known as the "Well of Hell" — is a little-understood natural wonder. Closer to the border with Oman than to the capital Sanaa 1,300 kilometres (800 miles) away, the giant hole in the desert of Al-Mahra province is 30 metres wide and thought to be anywhere between 100 and 250 metres deep.

See dramatic aerials of tornado damage

At least 20 people were injured when a tornado carved a 22-mile path through southern Alabama, officials said. The tornado struck as Tropical Storm Claudette was passing over the area, the National Weather Service said in a storm damage survey.

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