A very, very lucky elderly man in Beijing was involved in a dramatic rescue yesterday after he was found dangling from his highrise apartment building. The man slipped while cleaning the windows of his 10th floor apartment and was only saved from plummeting down to the ground because his leg got caught onto the 8th floor window grill. His neighbors quickly called rescuers to the scene and the man was pulled to safety with only a few scrapes. more ›

A photographer in Xiamen has been condemned for lying in wait to get these unfortunate (but, we admit, amusing) pictures of people on bikes hitting a pot-hole submerged in rainwater. According to Ananova, one netizen wrote: "The pictures are well shot, but the person who shot this is disgusting. He knew there was a pit, but was waiting htere for someone to fall over." The photographer defended himself by arguing that without the pictures, the government would have never noticed the pit. (Oof, turns out this whole story is at least four years old. On the bright side, chances are the pot hole has actually been fixed by now! Thanks @apgalbraith for the check.) more ›