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

Thousands of people are gathering at a stadium in Johannesburg for a memorial service for Nelson Mandela .

A transgender woman has beaten the bullies after spending £25K on surgery to become a beauty pageant queen .

Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .

Most people have an angel at the top of their Christmas tree, but one bear at Chester Zoo decided he wanted to be the star of the show .

Tina O’Brien, 54, from East Midlands, met Frederick Allchorne, now 62, when she was 15 .

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

ARMED with her camera, bikini and flippers, this brave diver goes swimming with SHARKS .

Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .

A teenager has beaten anorexia after becoming so ill that her mum planned her funeral .

These are the amazing close up pictures of North Korea's mass games - after photographers were previously banned from taking shots so close to the dazzling formation dances .

AN ANGRY giraffe gave a bush-riding cyclist a scare when he stomped his £2K bike into the dirt .