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

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

A photographer from the United Arab Emirates travelled to Pakistan where he captured the lives of local people in a series of expressive portraits .

A woman has told how she saved the life of her own rapist after he overdosed on pills shortly after attacking her .

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 .

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 .

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

Heart pounding, Rebecca Cain jumped as a car door slammed on the street outside .

A Game of Thrones obsessed couple have fallen in love after meeting at a comic convention dressed as lovestruck characters Daenerys Targaryen and Khal Drago .

TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo .

BASKING in smug satisfaction, a confident squirrel gives a wink to the camera .

HMS Ark Royal arrives in the Turkish port of Aliaga at the ship scrapping firm Leyal’s yard .