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 .

FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .

IN a galaxy far, far away, this collection of stunning interstellar formations will leave you STARSTRUCK .

WHETHER FLOATING through space or diving underwater, a lucky baby boy enjoys once in a life time experiences - in his DREAMS .

Say cheese! This cheeky chappy isn’t in the mood to live up to his scary reputation as he is pictured here cracking a killer smile as he goes about his daily business .

A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .

STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .

LEAPING for joy five-feet above the waves this baby whale cutie is saying HELLO to its family after being lost .

It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .

BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .

COVERING themselves in ash and face paint, these are the holy men who live their lives away from everyday society .

DANCE guru Matt Howes leaves crowds in a spin when he gets behind the decks - as the world's only one-armed professional DJ .