When couples talk about wanting a white wedding, few will be referring to getting hitched on a glacier sat on top of an active volcano .

Swimming side by side with divers, these manatees will do anything they can to stay warm .

WITH their robotic movements and pristine uniforms, these are the sexy traffic girls of North Korea that are becoming iconic figures in the secretive state .

MAKING himself at home, this little snail perches happily on top of this frog's head .

An intrepid photographer travelled to the abandoned ghost town of Bodie in northern California to capture the historic buildings that are trapped in time .

A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .

A makeup artist from the West Midlands magically transforms herself into famous cartoon characters using body paint .

A couple have got engaged after the bride-to-be’s boyfriend set her a Facebook ‘likes’ challenge .

STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .

The lighthouses of Brittany, from Brest to Le Conquet, stand tall on France’s north-western coast against stunning scenery .

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 .

A mum who has hid behind the hair loss condition alopecia for the last 20 years has bravely revealed a secret compulsion to tear out her own hair that has tormented her since she was a child .