NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013 .

A group of shelter dogs showcase their loveable personalities in a series of passport-style photographs - in the hope of finding their forever homes .

The dog having been pulled from the car - A police officer smashed a window in the blue Chrysler car to free the dog which was in visible distress .

It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .

SITTING on a burning sofa unable to move, one man turns his terrifying dreams into reality .

FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .

STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .

LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .

A Canadian couple celebrated their engagement by recreating iconic moments from the film The Notebook .

WELCOME to the drawing room that is home to the £100K world’s greatest collection of Margaret Thatcher autographed objects .

AN ADORABLE one-eyed kitten has been dubbed the 'pirate cat' because of his pirate-like facial expressions .

A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .