It was a week which started out in a decidedly holy manner, before crime, science, sports, international security and domestic drama rounded out the top ten most read SBS News stories, measured in terms of clicks.
In number ten, the death of jockey Stathi Katsidis shocked the racing community, as well as our readers, who made the news our tenth most read story of the week.
There's nothing like star power, and amateur astronomers were taking an interest in the news that pieces of Halley's Comet will be visible in the night sky this weekend, with readers presumably hoping for a cloud free couple of days.
Cricket fans were summing up Sri Lanka's chances of beating the Australian team, with the vice-captain saying they have a great chance of ending their dismal record against the Aussies coming up.
Multiculturalism is being mulled over in Germany of late, as the country's leaders debate its merits in a way that has not been seen since that country emerged from the Second World War. Chancellor Angela Merkel said the concept had failed this week, and readers were keen to learn more.
There's nothing like cat in a toilet though, apparently, and a cheeky toddler reportedly flushing one into a Sydney s-bend got the fire service involved – and concerned readers clicking.
The Shark still has it; at least his fiancé Kirsten Kutner must think so. Golfer Greg Norman is marrying his long time friend, and it was our fifth most popular read of the week.
Mind you, few stories of international politics prove as tempting as those involving the shadowy story of what goes on in North Korea, and Pyongyang's threatened military build up just pipped Greg Norman into fourth to add a degree of seriousness to proceedings.
Well ahead were calls for mental health tests for gun owners, put forward by a NSW coroner following the death of a Sydney man who shot himself in the head, after a confrontation with police.
And on a far more saintly matter, readers of SBS online started the week with one eye on Rome, as thousands checked out the proceedings for Mary MacKillop's canonisation in Rome. In fact, the live feed proved our most popular feature of the week.
