THE THOUGHT OF BECOMING shipwrecked on a remote destination would fill most holidaymakers with dread. But one holiday company offers would-be castaways the chance to become real-life Robinson Crusoes - on their own DESERTED ISLAND. For 1.200 euros, you can swap squabbling over deckchairs on the Costa Del Sol for a week in the company of monitor lizards, wild pigs and monkeys on your choice of remote tropical islands in Indonesia, the Philippines, as well as the Caribbean and Africa. Equipped with fishing lines, machetes, and even provide spear guns for underwater fishing, intrepid guests can catch and cook their own food, as well as build their own shelters…
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
WRAPPED up in classy headscarves, these adorable pooches are the picture of sophistication .
A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .
MESMERIZING night sky photographs offer a spellbinding look at the stars .
A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .
WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .
CAMPED out in the middle of a forest, these unusual hut hotels take you back to basics .
BOXING DAY has come early for this pair of feisty squirrels, as their Christmas party quickly turns sour .
THEIR gnarling teeth at the ready, these two baboons fight it out for the last piece of fruit .