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.
HEART-MELTING shots of a French bulldog and a ten-month-old French baby could be the cutest you’re likely to see .
STAIRWAY obsessed photographers have captured psychedelic shots that will mesmerise you .
NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
AN ARRAY of colours, from pinks to blues and oranges, fill the night sky to create an amazing collection of interstellar patterns .
A little clownfish opens its mouth to reveal a blood sucking intruder living on its tongue .
LUMINOUS green rocks could easily be a beach from Superman's homeland of Krypton .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .
A soap bubble lands on the frosty ground and creates a shimmering snow globe as crystals form around it .
RACING through the mountain range on horseback, the Kazakh people practice their ancient tradition of hunting with golden eagles .