A university graduate who was obsessed with achieving a thigh gap has told how she shrunk to just 6st after developing anorexia athletica. At her worst, Kirsty Bonnick, 22, was so desperate to lose weight that she consumed just 500 calories a day. Recovered Kirsty from Newbury, Berkshire, would obsessively exercise up to three hours a day and within a year had dropped from 10st 10lbs to 6st. Her obsession with size was worsened by the growing thigh gap trend, a look popularised on Instagram by users including ‘Made in Chelsea’ star Millie Mackintosh.
A diver attempts to control rising numbers of lionfish by feeding the venomous species to Caribbean reef sharks .
Throwing a right hook as he launches onto his opponent with his gnarling teeth at the ready, this is the OTTER-LY ruthless showdown between two otters .
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
As sunlight cascades through its vibrant stained glass windows, every inch of the Nasir-ol-Mulk Mosque bursts with colour .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013 .
WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .
The dog having been pulled from the car - A police officer smashed a window in the blue Chrysler car to free the dog which was in visible distress .
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Fetching a tiny carrot and a head-shaped snowball, a red squirrel builds the perfect snowman .