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.
A dog was SOW close to death after she dangerously swallowed a two-inch NEEDLE-Cute Shih Tzu Daisy could have pierced her intestines after eating the long needle and thread after finding it on the carpet .
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .
A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
A GLOWING range of greens and blues sweep across the sky in a spectacular display of light .
FROM a Kung-Fu professional to a mini incredible hulk, these are the babies you wouldn't want to mess with .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
A diver attempts to control rising numbers of lionfish by feeding the venomous species to Caribbean reef sharks .
ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .