And in China, a group of students celebrating their graduation by going on a two-thousand-kilometre bike ride have picked up a little friend: a stray dog who's followed them for the entire journey.

SHANG HENG stopped to feed the tiny pup on the first day of the trip only to find she wanted to repay his act of kindness with a lifetime of loyalty.

Little XIAO SA spent the next twenty days running alongside her newfound friend. 

Here’s how London’s ITN covered the story: