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.
From a platter of finger licking chicken wings to a bowl of Chinese noodle soup, these foodie snaps are enough to make your savoury saliva glands drool .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
BEAUTIFULLY lit by the dim glow of lanterns, a cave in Iceland is transformed into the perfect wedding venue .
NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .
FULL OF STUNNING colours and swirling shapes, the furrows on these fields create a mix of mesmerising patterns .
JUDGE BLASTED FOR LETTING PAEDO WALK FREE A PERVERT who sexually assaulted two young girls on an allotment, telling them he was brushing spiders off them, has walked free from court – because jailing him was ‘unfair’ on his family .
STARING eagerly into the camera, this little toad is full of curiosity .
DIPPING his head into the vase of water, this little squirrel takes a refreshing break from an afternoon of eating .