A woman who was left scarred for life by an acid attack orchestrated by her ex partner has told of her ordeal and her battled to rebuild her life. Vikki Horsman, 21, suffered horrific burns after jealous Mohammed Rafiq, 80, paid two thugs to throw sulphuric acid in her face, four months after she broke up with him. The care assistant from Smethwick, West Midlands, says: “The attack has completely changed my life. 'I’m scarred for life and the mental scars may never go.'
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
WITH A wide smile plastered across his face, this little gecko is ready for his close up .
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
Daniel Blore, 21, of Innage Crescent, Bridgnorth, stabbed his mother three times in the attack on January 11 this year, Stafford Crown Court heard .
VIBRANT bursts of colour fill the screen as beautiful flowers blossom in these time-lapse videos .
PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .
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BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .
A Brit photographer has captured one of the world's most camera-shy species of fish - during a game of underwater peek-a-boo .
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