Heart pounding, Rebecca Cain jumped as a car door slammed on the street outside. Alone at home, the 24-year-old hid behind drawn curtains and refused to answer the phone. It had been days since she'd ventured out to see her mates and even the sight of a new text had her on edge. For months, Rebecca was a nervous wreck - all because of her ex-boyfriend.
STEPFORD wives from the 1950's and 60's are performing history's most sexist exercise programme .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
WITH A wide smile plastered across his face, this little gecko is ready for his close up .
CAMPED out in the middle of a forest, these unusual hut hotels take you back to basics .
LEAF-ing much to the imagination, this camera trickery is blooming marvellous .
A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
THIS LITTLE squirrel tries to keep himself snug as snow starts to fall around him .
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .
A grand 56-bedroom hotel, once heaving with injured soldiers during the First World War, now lies completely abandoned .
HUDDLED together in the hollow of a tree, it would be easy to overlook these two sleepy owls as they blend into the trunk .
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
