A "supermoon" rises this weekend. The biggest and brightest full moon of the year graces the sky early Sunday as our celestial neighbor swings closer to Earth than usual. While the moon will appear 14 percent larger normal, skywatchers won't be able to notice the difference with the naked eye. Still, astronomers say it's worth looking up and appreciating the cosmos.
Animal rescue volunteers have told how a cat riddled with cancer was forced to ripped off its own ears after it was abandoned by its owners .
AN OLD ENGLISH cottage packed full of history and valuables has been left to rot .
POPE MOBBED BY THOUSANDS OF WORSHIPPERS IN RIO - Thousands of worshippers gather to celebrate the Papal visit on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro ,Brazil .
A KITTEN'S teaparty and rat's playing dominoes are the bizarre creations by one of Britain's great eccentrics pictured in an incredible new book .
Swimming side by side with divers, these manatees will do anything they can to stay warm .
Beautiful turquoise waves rise and fall in a series of stunning images taken along the coastline of south-eastern Australia .
With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .
A British photographer has captured the beauty of London in a stunning series of landscapes shots .
PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
WRAPPED up in classy headscarves, these adorable pooches are the picture of sophistication .
A BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .