PAINT peeling from the walls and doors left to rot, these eerie pictures provide an insight inside a haunted hospital famed for its strange phenomena. St John's Asylum, in Lincoln, was known for its spine chilling medical procedures - including electric shock treatment - and was often rife with stories about inmates committing suicide in their padded cells. These spooky photographs were captured by student Jonathon Tattersall after he visited the now derelict hospital to get a closer look of what remained inside.
An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert .
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
SURROUNDED by a snowstorm, these young polar bears battle the elements - as well as each other .
FORGET Thorpe Park this summer as this is a 50 mile-per-hour ride over the Colorado River CANYON .
A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .
These adorable pictures show the moment two cuddly red panda cubs take their first look at the outside world and are weighed for the very first time .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
FROM KISSING an alligator on the nose to walking over broken glass, this fearless daredevil is a real life female JACKASS .
THIS is the EXPLOSIVE moment when a 50 metre high pylon came crashing down to earth in a rural field .
A group of otters put on a show of aqua aerobics, as they raise their flippers perfectly in sync .