An Italian photographer travelled to the highlands of New Guinea where he met an Indonesian tribe untouched by the modern world .

A teacher has told how she was attacked by a murderer on her way home from a night out but courageously managed to charm him out of strangling her .

A 21st stone woman suffering from 'body blindness' like Dawn French shed more than half her body weight after a shock revelation brought her to her senses .

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

A world's first restaurant has opened in Canada, where having your order fall on deaf ears is a good thing .

A woman has been left scarred for life after a botched eye lift burnt her eyelids .

Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .

NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .

An adorable young fallow deer peers over its shoulder and is greeted by a cheeky jackdaw crow sitting on its back .

A woman who battled aggressive bowel cancer has started a fashion blog offering style tips for those living with a colostomy bag .

At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .

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