From vivid greens to glowing pinks, the colours of the aurora borealis fill the night sky above a snow covered Lapland .

DANCE guru Matt Howes leaves crowds in a spin when he gets behind the decks - as the world's only one-armed professional DJ .

FLEXING his muscles and staring straight at his opponent, this bodybuilding squirrel is the nuts .

T least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .

A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .

A BABY-faced burglar is starting a seven year stretch in custody after being nabbed by a Jaffa Cake .

A woman who blew £12k of her student loan on junk food and booze has lost 10st after ditching her unhealthy habits .

AN ANGRY giraffe gave a bush-riding cyclist a scare when he stomped his £2K bike into the dirt .

A woman has spoken of her heartbreak after she was rejected by an adoption agency because of her pregnancy phobia .

SOME OF the sea’s most terrifying creatures show their softer side as they join a group of diners for lunch .

SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .

A SERENE turquoise glow glimmers from underneath these powerful icebergs .