ROLLING across a 65-metre-high viaduct in the Alps, the red carriages of the Bernina Express add a splash of colour to the spectacular snow-covered Swiss surroundings .

A former cosmetic rep who swapped make-up for a career as a Marilyn Monroe lookalike has pocketed a staggering $4million (£2,630,000) as a full-time doppelgänger .

It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .

A luxury caravan with a price tag of ONE MILLION DOLLARS is due to hit the road later this year .

A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .

BRITISH kingfishers love to cool off by creating a splash .

A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .

Complete with core, mantle and crust, these incredible planet cakes are truly out of this world .

A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .

WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .

CRAZY BEARDS come into their GROWN when they've been twisted and waxed into shape .

THESE are the Disney Princesses you wouldn't want to run into in a dark alley .