A survivor of abuse has bravely waived her anonymity to tell how she was sexually assaulted from the age of nine - by her depraved grandad .

An intrepid photographer travelled to the abandoned ghost town of Bodie in northern California to capture the historic buildings that are trapped in time .

CHUCKLING away, this little seal appears to find something hilarious .

A quiet Himalayan mountain village springs to life for a colourful Buddhist festival designed to expel evil spirits and bring happiness .

Pint- size Maci Winters only has one wish this Christmas - to be as tall as the other boys and girls on the school playground .

FULL OF STUNNING colours and swirling shapes, the furrows on these fields create a mix of mesmerising patterns .

HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .

A dog was SOW close to death after she dangerously swallowed a two-inch NEEDLE-Cute Shih Tzu Daisy could have pierced her intestines after eating the long needle and thread after finding it on the carpet .

LEAF-ing much to the imagination, this camera trickery is blooming marvellous .

WONDERS of the world have been transformed into their mini-versions in a seven-year round the world adventure .

BRITISH kingfishers love to cool off by creating a splash .

IN a galaxy not so far away lies a magical display of lights that could be the latest image from NASA .