These are the faces of orphans suffering from the horrifying effects of chemical warfare .

If you had to scrape the snow off your car this morning or slip-slide your way into work over icy pavements spare a thought for these little critters .

A woman with a rare condition that means she collapses every time she laughs fears she may have passed the rare illness onto her young son .

These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .

A diving guide leaves a shark completely docile and balanced in the palm of his hand .

A bear cub unwinds in a forest in eastern Finland by practicing yoga with a series of stretches .

A young woman has told how she has been robbed of her fertility and now faces an uncertain future after she was diagnosed with cervical cancer at the age of just 22 .

The gunslingers are long gone and tumbleweeds have taken over at this abandoned American Wild West Theme Park in Cornwall .

AN anorexic woman whose heart stopped after she starved herself to 3st has revealed that ‘dying’ for a minute helped shock her into recovery .

A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .

WITH A LITTLE cap of fresh snow resting on his head, this squirrel tries his best to pull off his new look .

A panic stricken kitten that got her head stuck in a car tyre has been freed by quick thinking RSPCA staff .