An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert .

DIPPING and diving their way through this bumpy journey, these giraffe's duck for cover as they dodge multiple cables and wires .

Pinning a purple flower into her bleach blonde hair, pretty Ava admired herself in the mirror .

Some parents would gasp at the thought of their children playing with a toy gun, but these Russian children are actually encouraged to take up real arms .

Scurrying along the branch of a tree, a little squirrel pushes a pram packed full of Easter treats .

Ashlee, 20, has always known that she was supposed to be a girl .

A young girl has been forced to stay indoors this winter because a rare allergy to the cold could kill her .

HIDING behind its flipper, this little seal comes over a little camera shy .

FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .

Two people have been arrested after a man and woman were shot dead at a house in the Midlands in the early hours of this morning .

A man has lost an incredible 20st after his addiction to food left him £15k in debt .

A SPECTACULAR array of stars fills the night sky as they soar over this active volcano .