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 father-of-one stunned his wife of twenty-five years after revealing his secret love of POLE DANCING .

This daredevil wildebeest tried a walk on the wild side - straight into the snatches of a huge 18 foot crocodile .

A Canadian woman who is obsessed with all things mythical has had her ears cut and shaped to look like an ELF .

A mother-of-one has told how she nearly died after contracting toxic shock syndrome from a tampon .

A woman whose face and body was left scarred for life by angry sores, caused by Lupus, has become a diversity model .

A young polar bear cub becomes the yogi bear as she stretches off for a morning aerobics session .

WITH the phosphorescent blobs and mesmerising patterns, these spectacular images may look like the hall marks of an enchanted forest but it is in fact the scene of thousands of dancing FIREFLIES .

A little boy was left fighting for his life in hospital after a horrific allergic reaction to epilepsy medication made his skin fall off in chunks .

Jostling their quills into the noses of some unlucky cubs, this is the moment two feisty porcupines ALMOST defeat a pride of seven lions .

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 .

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 .