When personal trainer, Victoria Spence dreamt of achieving a thigh gap, she didn't realise her obsession would leave her body gripped by anorexia. In a quest for bone-thin thighs, at her worst, the 20-year-old survived on just 600 calories a day - excessively exercising for over 10 hours a day. By January last year, she weighed a dangerous 5st 8lb - and medics told her unless she started eating more, she would be hospitalised. Care-free and body confident at 16, the pretty blonde from Worsley, Manchester, had always been happy with the way she looked. Standing at 5ft 6in tall, Victoria weighed a healthy 8st 5lb.
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .
While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .
POPE MOBBED BY THOUSANDS OF WORSHIPPERS IN RIO - Thousands of worshippers gather to celebrate the Papal visit on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro ,Brazil .
SPURTING water 20ft into the air, this is one well you wouldn't want to dip your bucket into .
As sunlight cascades through its vibrant stained glass windows, every inch of the Nasir-ol-Mulk Mosque bursts with colour .
Like a scene from a fairytale, THOUSANDS of fireflies create an enchanting glow as they dance in a forest .
A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .
SWIMMING slowly towards the shore, a small group of bottlenose dolphins arrive for breakfast at a beach in Western Australia .
SPLASHING in the water and fighting in-between rocks, these energetic tigers enjoy their fun-filled morning .
These images of vintage cars, bikes and vans, pictured all over the world, could easily have come from a globetrotting petrol-head’s photo album .
MOUTH OPEN wide, this little stoat appears to be in mid-song as he belts out a tune for his onlookers .