A woman has shed half her body weight after undergoing a gastric sleeve op to shrink her stomach. Hali Jafari, 33, from Bristol once weighed a whopping 22st, but is now a svelte 11st and size 10. The mum-of-three forked out £11k on gastric sleeve surgery after her GP told her she had the cholesterol of a 70-year-old. Hali, a deputy manager for a cosmetic company, said: "My doctor gave me the wake up call I needed. I was slowly eating myself to death. I was in a terrible state.
A HEIGHT-addicted airline pilot has taken pictures of the Dubai from 1,300-feet .
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
SAILING over crystal clear waters, the Bajau people of Malaysia live their lives almost entirely at SEA .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo .
SPLASHING around in a paddling pool, this little elephant soaks up the sunshine .
TOMORROW (Saturday) marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated .
Some will get up close and personal with Mother Nature’s deadliest animals to get the perfect shot, posing the question, what lengths will a photographer go to for that all important picture? But in this case, the question should be what depths .
A SERENE turquoise glow glimmers from underneath these powerful icebergs .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .
UNDERWATER and above-water seaside shots show the best of British beach-life .