Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .

DIPPING his head into the vase of water, this little squirrel takes a refreshing break from an afternoon of eating .

A good samaritan who came to the aid of a rape victim has told how they were turned away from the Salvation Army because "they only help men" .

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

Puckering up for a kiss, an affectionate pair of owls share a smooch for Valentine's Day .

FROM the rolling hills of the Scottish highlands to looming chalk cliffs in Sussex, these stunning photographs capture the spectacular beauty of Great Britain .

With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .

The lighthouses of Brittany, from Brest to Le Conquet, stand tall on France’s north-western coast against stunning scenery .

These images of vintage cars, bikes and vans, pictured all over the world, could easily have come from a globetrotting petrol-head’s photo album .

AN ANOREXIC dental nurse whose weight plummeted to less than four stone has won her NHS fight for more treatment .

STARING eagerly into the camera, this little toad is full of curiosity .

A mum-of-two has worn the same t-shirt for an entire year to raise awareness of a 1 in 7 million condition that prevents her daughter from talking .