Souvenir hunters are slowly chipping away at the so-called Surfing Madonna, a mosaic that mysteriously appeared last month beneath a train trestle in Encinitas.

Mosaic presents a world premiere offering a metaphysical twist on romance, marriage, and parenting, while exploring the pains and pleasures of all three.

Italian police have arrested a British tourist caught chiselling off tiles from a mosaic in a villa in Pompeii.

Shedding light on the clashing artistic styles of 14 former Soviet countries, a Canadian photographer travelled 18,641 miles capturing striking bus shelters on camera.