The lighthouses of Brittany, from Brest to Le Conquet, stand tall on France’s north-western coast against stunning scenery .

A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .

A woman has revealed how she was left scarred for life after accidentally falling into a bonfire at a friend’s BBQ .

ARM extended and head flung back, this little chipmunk performs a loose-limbed yoga move .

This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .

Bathers on a New Zealand beach stripped naked and took to the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to shatter the record for the world's largest skinny dip .

These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .

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

From the tails of fighter planes to black and white checked buildings, graveyards take different and unusual forms around the world .

Meet the Victorian gentleman who could not face sitting next to smelly commuters on the bus - so he dodges danger to go to work on a penny farthing .

Peering curiously into a basket hanging off the arms of a snowman, this little squirrel appears fascinated by the snowy figure .

FROM MRS Patmore to Lady Sybil, these barking mad illustrations show the WOOF-er side of some of our most loved Downton characters .