FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public. This fashion fail could be justified if it was limited to the outdoors - because many ladies in China are particularly sensitive about shielding their faces from the sun. However, some of these women are taking face-protection too far by keeping their visors on even the sun-free INDOORS. This summer ladies across China are scaring small children by wearing what looks more like a welding mask than this season
Animal rescue volunteers have told how a cat riddled with cancer was forced to ripped off its own ears after it was abandoned by its owners .
SKIPPING on the spot, an adorable little owl embraces the 'running man' challenge .
A photographer has captured stunning photographs of the Milky Way above picturesque landscapes in the UK and Italy .
NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
Struggling home entertainment chain Blockbuster has been slammed for advertising its workers' jobs while they are still in them in order to scare them into working harder .
DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast .
SOME OF the sea’s most terrifying creatures show their softer side as they join a group of diners for lunch .
GLIDING through the water, these delightful frogs show off their vibrant colours as they practice their FROG crawl .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
WITHOUT A care in the world, this little snow monkey puts his feet up and settles in for a snooze .