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.
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
Soldiers standing guard outside the Woolwich barracks in London - Two terror suspects are under armed guard in separate hospitals in London after a serving soldier was hacked to death in the street .
With the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .
An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
Clinging on to their furry backs, mischievous monkeys appeared to enjoy the free transport as they rode around on a perturbed Capybara .
THIS BIGFOOT 'Jesus bird' may look silly, but he's perfectly designed for walking on water .
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
