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.
A NINJA red squirrel cuts a dashing figure as the little fella jumps up to ten-feet between treetops in the Yorkshire Dales .
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .
A mining town in Australia’s outback appears to be completely deserted, but its residents have escaped the scorching heat by living in underground caves .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - MILEY MASH-UP: MILEY CYRUS’ naked wrecking ball vid has been lampooned in this side-spitting photo-mashup .
LIFTING their heads high and bumping beaks, these aggressive pelicans clash over fish .
A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .
AT 4,800 metres high and just three metres wide, this is the most dangerous road in the world .
SPLASHING around in a paddling pool, this little elephant soaks up the sunshine .
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .
Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .
A Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .
Destroyed buildings and overturned cars are seen after a huge tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma, near Oklahoma City, May 20, 2013 .