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 quiet Himalayan mountain village springs to life for a colourful Buddhist festival designed to expel evil spirits and bring happiness .
FIFTEEEN years after it was closed pictures by a British teacher show the calamity Hong Kong airport that was closed for being too dangerous .
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 .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
Fishermen in Myanmar have perfected an unusual fishing technique by carefully balancing on one leg .
If you had to scrape the snow off your car this morning or slip-slide your way into work over icy pavements spare a thought for these little critters .
SAILING over crystal clear waters, the Bajau people of Malaysia live their lives almost entirely at SEA .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
SPLASHING around in a paddling pool, this little elephant soaks up the sunshine .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .