Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .

An American man continues on his mission to document his journey around the globe by completing a world map tattoo on his back .

If you had to scrape the snow off your car this morning or slip-slide your way into work over icy pavements spare a thought for these little critters .

A lively lemon shark grins into the camera and showcases his impressive teeth .

Swirling water and sand create amazing aerial images of river deltas across Iceland .

BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .

SOME OF the sea’s most terrifying creatures show their softer side as they join a group of diners for lunch .

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 .

A Hereford woman has lost 10st 3lbs after ditching her £260-a-month takeaway habit .

These are the fascinating pictures of miniature table sculptures molded around bonsai trees that take up to a painstaking 18 months to create .

A scoliosis sufferer was heartbroken to learn surgery would stop her dancing - but she battled through the pain to complete her GCSE dance exams and earn A* .

An NHS 111 call handler who was forced to save her own life after contracting sepsis has walked down the aisle at her dream wedding .