From foster care to the MAGICAL world of cosplay, a young girl’s dreams become reality after being adopted by a photography loving couple .

An amputee who was cruelly nicknamed 'peg-leg' by school bullies has conquered her insecurities to become a model .

A photographer from the United Arab Emirates travelled to Pakistan where he captured the lives of local people in a series of expressive portraits .

HMS Ark Royal arrives in the Turkish port of Aliaga at the ship scrapping firm Leyal’s yard .

A woman has spoken of her heartbreak after she was rejected by an adoption agency because of her pregnancy phobia .

An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .

LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .

STEPFORD wives from the 1950's and 60's are performing history's most sexist exercise programme .

It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .

Oday she is a picture of health - a happy, smiling child, enjoying life to the full .

A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .

AT 4,800 metres high and just three metres wide, this is the most dangerous road in the world .