COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .

Soldiers standing guard outside the Woolwich barracks in London - Two terror suspects are under armed guard in separate hospitals in London after a serving soldier was hacked to death in the street .

Thousands of people are gathering at a stadium in Johannesburg for a memorial service for Nelson Mandela .

WITH STUNNING colours and serene scenes, these photographs capture the otherworldly beauty of the English coast .

CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .

A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .

Pic By HotSpot Media - ‘WORLD’S SMALLEST CINEMA’ IN OAP’S HOUSE -IN PIC- AN OAP film buff has brought the big screen to his home and built the world's smallest cinema in his BEDROOM .

WITH the mystical clouds forming a thick blanket and the electrifying lights below, these stunning pictures provide a unique view of the cityscape of Dubai taken from the tallest building in the world .

Pint- size Maci Winters only has one wish this Christmas - to be as tall as the other boys and girls on the school playground .

A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .

THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .

Here’s a pair of shoes that really are fit for a princess, and with a price tag of more than £276,000, they are the most expensive shoes in the world .