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 cheeky owl fancies a game of hide and seek as it peeps out from behind a tree .
A photographer has captured stunning photographs of the Milky Way above picturesque landscapes in the UK and Italy .
The aurora lights captured in Blair Nebraska, America - WITH electrifying purple and illuminous green brightening up the night sky, this is the rare moment a flash of 'sprite' lightening was captured on camera .
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .
Jostling their quills into the noses of some unlucky cubs, this is the moment two feisty porcupines ALMOST defeat a pride of seven lions .
RACING through the mountain range on horseback, the Kazakh people practice their ancient tradition of hunting with golden eagles .
With blue waves tumbling over them, these surfers glide underneath a tunnel of water .
A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast .
