FROM THE world famous Girl with a Pearl Earring painting to a jaguar in the grass, these incredible drawings are created from coloured ballpoint pens. These amazing illustrations were created by Portuguese solicitor and artist Samuel Silva, who has had a strong interest in drawing since he was two years old. ‘I have been interested in drawing since the very first time I ever touched a pencil and a sheet of paper, when I was two years old.’ says 31 year old Samuel, now of London. ‘After that day, I never stopped drawing. Unlike most children, I didn’t start by scribbling; I just instinctively drew straight away.
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
CAMPED out in the middle of a forest, these unusual hut hotels take you back to basics .
TOMORROW (Saturday) marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated .
Most people bend over backwards to keep children entertained, but this baboon show us how it’s done .
Sprawled out on top of a log, this sleeping leopard takes a relaxing break from his daily routine .
A grand 56-bedroom hotel, once heaving with injured soldiers during the First World War, now lies completely abandoned .
A COUNCIL has come under fire for slapping fines on people’s GRAVESTONES for breaching petty regulations on pot plants .
AN OLD ENGLISH cottage packed full of history and valuables has been left to rot .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
A toddler has shrugged off death an incredible 10 times thanks to his parents who revive him with the kiss of life every two weeks .