VENTURING into the ocean with self-made spears and nets, the fishermen of Zanzibar put their lives on the line when they catch food for their families .

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

COULD this £5,000 auction of Paul McCartney’s Liverpool front door be the most bizarre celebrity sale yet? The door, which looks-like it may have been knocked – and possibly kicked – very hard during its past, was used by members of Britain’s most famous band to visit lead-singer Paul McCartney when he lived at the address from 1955 to 1964 .

Some parents would gasp at the thought of their children playing with a toy gun, but these Russian children are actually encouraged to take up real arms .

IN a galaxy not so far away lies a magical display of lights that could be the latest image from NASA .

A woman has spent over £11k to get the perfect body after a 9st weight loss left her with excess skin .

NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .

SNEAKING slowly into the water, this Bengal tiger plans a vicious attack on three unsuspecting deer .

LIKE A scene from A Bugs Life, these ants work on creating their own mini community .

Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .

A woman has been left unable to smile after undergoing emergency surgery to remove infected lip fillers .