SURROUNDED by a snowstorm, these young polar bears battle the elements - as well as each other .

A woman left disfigured and traumatised by an addiction to lip filler injections has issued a warning to others searching for the perfect pout after the plastic chemicals nearly killed her .

Marina Afonina, now 51, from Northampton, met Ioan Budea in 2006 .

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 .

A floating market in Indonesia is bursting with vibrant colours as wooden rowing boats loaded with fruit and vegetables crowd the river .

An elegant snowy owl spreads her wings and glides effortlessly above the snow covered field .

Pouncing down on top of his twin brother, these two snow leopard cubs practice their kung-fu moves .

From the tails of fighter planes to black and white checked buildings, graveyards take different and unusual forms around the world .

Here's a collection of art for the DIGIT-AL age as these fascinating illusions of landmarks, places and even a banana are made using just a pair of hands .

POWERFUL bolts of lightning illuminate the night sky in an incredible autumn storm over the Sardinian coastline .

TWO Little Owls perch on a fence as they enjoy their dinner .

A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .