FROM COLOURFUL autumn leaves to living trees at first glance you might miss these people blended with nature .

SHOVELLING food into his mouth, this hungry gorilla enjoys a peaceful moment at dinner time .

These beautiful photographs show how these playful pods of dolphins make their own fun by gliding, flipping and spinning through the air whilst enjoying the sun on their backs .

Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .

At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .

MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .

A woman who starved herself to look like Cheryl Cole has told how she shrunk to just under 5st 13lbs after developing anorexia .

Oscar Pistorius entered a courtroom Monday for the start of his murder trial, walking past the victim's mother who says she came to court so she can ‘really look him in the eyes .

A transgender model, who has spent £180k on surgery to become a ‘desirable’ woman, has told of her struggle to find a man who is openly accepting of trans-women .

A makeup artist from the West Midlands magically transforms herself into famous cartoon characters using body paint .

AN underground HOBBIT motel inspired by JRR Tolkien is just one of the unique places to stay at the world's most unusual hotel complex .

STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .