HIDDEN in the middle of the Mojave Desert, a secret oasis awaits intrepid travellers. The 11x5ft pool, located in south-eastern California, was built by Austrian visual artist Alfredo Barsuglia. The free retreat includes a solar-powered filter and chlorination system, but visitors face a challenge if they want to take a dip.
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
A photographer has captured spellbinding images of stars swirling above the English countryside .
With their guts spewing and eyes hanging out, these are the cuddly toys children might be reluctant to curl up to .
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
Jostling their quills into the noses of some unlucky cubs, this is the moment two feisty porcupines ALMOST defeat a pride of seven lions .
Pouncing down on top of his twin brother, these two snow leopard cubs practice their kung-fu moves .
PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .
WONDERS of the world have been transformed into their mini-versions in a seven-year round the world adventure .
JUDGE BLASTED FOR LETTING PAEDO WALK FREE A PERVERT who sexually assaulted two young girls on an allotment, telling them he was brushing spiders off them, has walked free from court – because jailing him was ‘unfair’ on his family .
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
STARING open-mouthed into the camera, this shocked fish looks out of place in the middle of its angry friends .