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.
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .
THEIR gnarling teeth at the ready, these two baboons fight it out for the last piece of fruit .
A young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .
From squids to Star Wars, these flipping marvellous creations are pancake portraits .
A tiny puppy who lost his front legs after being hit by a train has been given and new LEASH of life with a set of wheels .
Lying angelically with a range of expressions etched on their tiny faces, little bundles of joy are innocently captured in their first few days in these adorable photographs .
POPE MOBBED BY THOUSANDS OF WORSHIPPERS IN RIO - Thousands of worshippers gather to celebrate the Papal visit on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro ,Brazil .
FROM the rolling hills of the Scottish highlands to looming chalk cliffs in Sussex, these stunning photographs capture the spectacular beauty of Great Britain .
A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .
STEPFORD wives from the 1950's and 60's are performing history's most sexist exercise programme .
COVERING themselves in ash and face paint, these are the holy men who live their lives away from everyday society .