A little caterpillar fearlessly scampers down a branch and confronts a praying mantis .

A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .

STOOD side by side next to a busy road, these buildings were once bustling with life .

This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .

Sophie Carr, 23, from Swindon, was just six when her older brother Alex, then 12, abused her during a game of mummies and daddies .

Walking down the street in her local town, heads turn as Jessica Villafane passes by .

She was the 18th century celebrity who made men faint in awe of her beauty by her very presence .

Heart pounding, Rebecca Cain jumped as a car door slammed on the street outside .

A skydiver cheated death after plunging 13,000 feet without his parachute opening but survived after landing in a bog .

With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .

From squids to Star Wars, these flipping marvellous creations are pancake portraits .

From a platter of finger licking chicken wings to a bowl of Chinese noodle soup, these foodie snaps are enough to make your savoury saliva glands drool .