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.
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast .
MOUTH OPEN wide, this little stoat appears to be in mid-song as he belts out a tune for his onlookers .
LIFTING their heads high and bumping beaks, these aggressive pelicans clash over fish .
INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .
PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .
IN a galaxy not so far away lies a magical display of lights that could be the latest image from NASA .
ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .
A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .
LEAF-ing much to the imagination, this camera trickery is blooming marvellous .
THIS DANGER-mad female pensioner could be the oldest Brit to cage dive with CROCODILES .
These are the amazing close up pictures of North Korea's mass games - after photographers were previously banned from taking shots so close to the dazzling formation dances .