CCTV shows a dark figure dumping the dog- A pet dog suffering with cancer has been put down after being dumped at an animal rescue in what officials said is the worst abandonment of any animal they have witnessed .

Kevin Silva, 52 from Indiana in the USA, has spent an estimated £65K ($100K) on Batman trinkets over the years, and even keeps his 2,500-item haul in his very own basement 'Bat Cave' .

An artist has transformed traditional Thanksgiving dinners into mini-masterpieces .

Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .

POWERFUL bolts of lightning illuminate the night sky in an incredible autumn storm over the Sardinian coastline .

Here's a collection of art for the DIGIT-AL age as these fascinating illusions of landmarks, places and even a banana are made using just a pair of hands .

A man who spent 30 minutes impaled on iron railings after attempting to scale an 8ft fence has told of his agonising ordeal - and how he suffered a similar mishap as a child .

With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .

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

THE TOWERING Irish cliffs of Moher stand tall over the rippling Atlantic Ocean .

An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .

A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .