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.
WITH their robotic movements and pristine uniforms, these are the sexy traffic girls of North Korea that are becoming iconic figures in the secretive state .
A ROAD KILL munching Scot has chewed on everything from a dead squirrel to an unlucky crow – all in the name of art .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
IN a galaxy far, far away, this collection of stunning interstellar formations will leave you STARSTRUCK .
SOME OF the sea’s most terrifying creatures show their softer side as they join a group of diners for lunch .
Hot on the heels of a little rabbit, this cheetah is on a mission to catch his prey .
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 .
INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .
THESE kaleidoscopic-like photographs capture England’s churches and cathedrals in all their glory .
HUNDREDS of hot air balloons decorate the sky above Turkey as the rising sun illuminates the spectacular scenery below .
FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .