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.
Ever wished you could live in a house just like Barbie's? Canadian sculptor Heather Benning has created the life-size dollhouse of her dreams out a derelict building .
Destroyed buildings and overturned cars are seen after a huge tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma, near Oklahoma City, May 20, 2013 .
SWIMMING in unison, millions of silverside fish dwarf the divers .
SAT with his arms folded and a cross look on his face, this Gorilla looks like he's had enough of the Christmas holidays already .
TUGGING on the wing of his sibling, this needy owl is after some attention .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
ARM extended and head flung back, this little chipmunk performs a loose-limbed yoga move .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .