Monks ritually shaved more than 40 boys' heads with razors, tufts of hair falling onto lotus leaves. In shimmering robes, jewellery and colourful floral headpieces, they were carried around the Ku ...

Dressed in flowers, finery and makeup, scores of boys were paraded around a temple in Thailand after having their heads shaved -- a symbolic start to a centuries-old Shan monkhood ordination.

When Kobe Walker stepped into the Normal Community High School basketball team's lineup with four new starters this season, he immediately became the center of attention. At 6-foot-9, the Central ...