Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track. Located in Kolkata, India, the slum is home to around 1,000 residents and their makeshift shelters sit a foot away from the train tracks. Children gleefully play on the tracks throughout the day, and step aside whenever a train whistles by. Indian photographer Debosmita Das visited the slum, which stretches between 2 to 3 km, to document the dangerous living conditions.
Primed and ready for action, this collection of striking images from the battlefield could be mistaken for authentic photos taking during World War II .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
A BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
AN ADORABLE one-eyed kitten has been dubbed the 'pirate cat' because of his pirate-like facial expressions .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .
A Brit photographer has captured one of the world's most camera-shy species of fish - during a game of underwater peek-a-boo .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
AN OLD ENGLISH cottage packed full of history and valuables has been left to rot .