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.
SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .
Fetching a tiny carrot and a head-shaped snowball, a red squirrel builds the perfect snowman .
This tranquil setting stretches for miles as the sun sets behind the mountain .
Swirling water and sand create amazing aerial images of river deltas across Iceland .
NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .
MESMERIZING night sky photographs offer a spellbinding look at the stars .
FROM COLOURFUL autumn leaves to living trees at first glance you might miss these people blended with nature .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
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 .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
