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.
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .
Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
Daniel Blore, 21, of Innage Crescent, Bridgnorth, stabbed his mother three times in the attack on January 11 this year, Stafford Crown Court heard .
AT 4,800 metres high and just three metres wide, this is the most dangerous road in the world .
These images of vintage cars, bikes and vans, pictured all over the world, could easily have come from a globetrotting petrol-head’s photo album .
Enjoying life’s little pleasures is something that many struggle to do .
From vivid greens to glowing pinks, the colours of the aurora borealis fill the night sky above a snow covered Lapland .
RACING through the mountain range on horseback, the Kazakh people practice their ancient tradition of hunting with golden eagles .