AN anorexic woman whose heart stopped after she starved herself to 3st has revealed that ‘dying’ for a minute helped shock her into recovery. Rebecca McIntyre, 21, from Belfast, Northern Ireland, became a shadow of her former self after she became addicted to restricting food due to the pressures of her GCSE exams. At her worst, her organs began to fail and she weighed just 3st 6lbs – the weight of an average six-year-old. Doctors battled to save her life after she collapsed at home and her heart stopped. Now fully recovered, Rebecca says that this gave her the wakeup call she needed to seek treatment for her eating disorder.
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WITH A LITTLE cap of fresh snow resting on his head, this squirrel tries his best to pull off his new look .
RACING through the mountain range on horseback, the Kazakh people practice their ancient tradition of hunting with golden eagles .
Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
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TENNIS was a game made for three according to the first Victorian rule book .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
A photographer from the United Arab Emirates travelled to Pakistan where he captured the lives of local people in a series of expressive portraits .
ARM extended and head flung back, this little chipmunk performs a loose-limbed yoga move .
A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .
Fishermen in Myanmar have perfected an unusual fishing technique by carefully balancing on one leg .