WELCOME to what could be the world's tallest TOTALLY wooden construction. Life's a BEECH for worshipers at this church that is now POPLAR with foreign tourists since being SPRUCED up after locals PINED for a revamp in recent years. Thanks to the carpentry genius of her creators this 123-foot-tall church complex is held together only by wooden rivets without a nail in sight. The Russian Orthodox Church buildings called Kizhi Pogost are 150-miles east of the Russian border with Finland. The impressive domes of the pair of churches tower over the surrounding countryside and were designed to attract the Christian community of this remote wilderness to one spot on a small island called Kizhi on the waters of Lake Onega. Kizhi Pogost is such a rare example of religious architecture that the site it was listed as a world heritage site by UNESCO in 1990…
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 .
An Australian beach is illuminated by an enticing neon blue glow as a rare phenomenon lights up the water .
MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .
Sprawled out on top of a log, this sleeping leopard takes a relaxing break from his daily routine .
PUSHING the diver out of his way, this little sea turtle shows he’s not in the mood for photographs .
FORGET Thorpe Park this summer as this is a 50 mile-per-hour ride over the Colorado River CANYON .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state .
EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal .
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
