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Driving through the cool air of Sassafras, W H Chong explored the beautiful Dandenong gardens, and stopped for tea and scones.

Batman wasn’t always a dark and foreboding character. Long before The Dark Knight Rises there was Adam West and the popular 60s TV show. LIFE has published a collection of rare photographs from the set.

Warning: the 40 photographs presented on this BuzzFeed page — beautiful, sad and moving — are so vivid and evocative they may cause you to tear up.

Legendary Hot Stuff singer Donna Summer has died, age 63, leaving behind a colourful legacy of fashion, songs and tunes.

The Telegraph photographer Paul Goldstein has a penchant for capturing images of animals in mid-air — including Polar bear cubs, a dolphin leaping in Sri Lanka and a South Shetlands penguin.

Mitt Romney grasping a confused looking baby. Rick Perry cradling a tommy gun. A giant toy elephant and Newt Gingrich. This — and more — is the 2012 Republican primaries in pictures.

Protests in Greece turned shockingly violent over the weekend as crowds gathered to riot over austerity measures. Photographer Scott Maniquet captured some powerful images.

Out in space there are no borders, and no signs or sounds of human conflicts, or the clash of ideas. There is just the blue marble that is planet earth, writes Ben Sandilands.

LIFE photographer Henry Groskinsky was in Alabama on April 4, 1968 when Martin Luther King Jr was shot dead. He rushed to the crime scene and took these incredible photos of grieving civil rights leaders.

It may be cold living in Harbin, China, one of the world’s most northern metropolitan areas. But the benefit is the annual ice festival, where 2000 giant ice sculptures and buildings full of lights fill the city.

What’s that? You didn’t participate in Global No Pants Subway Ride Day? Lucky for you, the internet was invented. Check Boing Boing for a collection of leggy photographs.

Citizens of Iraq have had good reason to flee their homes in recent years, but many chose to stay and build their lives there despite war and decaying infrastructure. Andrea Bruce offers a beautiful gallery of Iraqi pride.

Bob Gosford went camping at the Gippsland lakes and pointed his camera towards the sky. This is what he saw…

The cover of a magazine is the single biggest determiner for sales. But what happens when editors use a terrible cover? Life magazine admits its 20 most confusing ones.

Bill Murray will ditch his lackadaisical comedic schtick to play the 32nd President of the United States, Franklin D. Roosevelt, in a new film to be released next year, reports Luke Buckmaster.

It’s hard to dispute that a noticeably high percentage of Romans carry off that hard to pin down quality we call Style, says W H Chong, soaking up the sights of Europe.

Relive the disappearance of Harold Holt and Gough Whitlam’s dismissal and speech on the steps of Parliament House in this glorious photo galley of Lego recreations by Liz Chomiak.

If your favourite colour is blue — or if you’re just after some lovely things to look at — Life’s photo gallery of beautiful blue things will tickle your retinas and sweeten your eyeballs.

Not all “protesters” occupying Wall Street are there for political purposes: freeloaders, homeless people and randoms from all over have flocked in their masses, bringing debauchery with them.

From Guess Who?, Connect Four to a revamped Rubik’s Cube, a summer holiday is not complete without travel games. The Independent presents 10 of the best.