Working at a height of 36,000ft, pilots may have the best view in the world .

SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .

AN EXERCISING turtle and an ice-skating chick are hardly everyday exploits in the animal community .

Bathers on a New Zealand beach stripped naked and took to the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to shatter the record for the world's largest skinny dip .

WELCOME to the Temple of Zoom where you can “experience” sliding down a Mayan temple into shark infested waters .

FROM MRS Patmore to Lady Sybil, these barking mad illustrations show the WOOF-er side of some of our most loved Downton characters .

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

This artist had a lot of bottle to re-create a masterpiece painted with nothing but 24 litres of cola .

Sprawled out on top of a log, this sleeping leopard takes a relaxing break from his daily routine .

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

For years Jeorgia Woodd, 30, abused her body, having succumbed to a condition known as 'diabulimia' .

These adorable pictures show the moment two cuddly red panda cubs take their first look at the outside world and are weighed for the very first time .