An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .

Villages on the Somerset Levels have faced weeks of flooding with no respite from the conditions in sight .

BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .

WITH their robotic movements and pristine uniforms, these are the sexy traffic girls of North Korea that are becoming iconic figures in the secretive state .

A BEAUTIFUL sight for the eyes and the imagination, these liquid sculptures take shape in many different colours and formations .

High street giant Harvey Nichols has come under fire for a "disgusting" ad campaign that depicts a woman peeing herself .

Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .

A woman with a rare condition that means she collapses every time she laughs fears she may have passed the rare illness onto her young son .

Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .

Enjoying life’s little pleasures is something that many struggle to do .

SAT happily on the branch of a tree, this little frog appears unfazed by a surprise visitor .

SOARING at 112 miles per hour through the air, this petite blonde certainly lives up to her title as the fastest flying woman in the world .