SITTING on a burning sofa unable to move, one man turns his terrifying dreams into reality. The series of photographs were created by American student and freelance photographer Nicolas Bruno. The 20 year old sufferer of sleep paralysis turned to photography as a way to cope with his condition and bring his vivid dreams to life. ‘Sleep paralysis is an experience in which the individual becomes conscious and is left immobile in a state between being awake and asleep,’ says Nicolas, of Long Island, New York.
A US firefighter has battled osteoarthritis and four hip replacements to break the world paddleboarding record .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another .
A DETERMINED great blue heron holds on tightly to its prey as the furry gopher attempts to wriggle free .
While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .
This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .
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 .
THIS DANGER-mad female pensioner could be the oldest Brit to cage dive with CROCODILES .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
Clinging on to their furry backs, mischievous monkeys appeared to enjoy the free transport as they rode around on a perturbed Capybara .