Lying angelically with a range of expressions etched on their tiny faces, little bundles of joy are innocently captured in their first few days in these adorable photographs .

A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .

SAT happily on the branch of a tree, this little frog appears unfazed by a surprise visitor .

A grand 56-bedroom hotel, once heaving with injured soldiers during the First World War, now lies completely abandoned .

IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .

Something appears to have tickled this baby owl as he seems to be having a real HOOT .

A BLIND school-girl whose growth has been stunted by a rare medical condition is finding her feet again with the help of a specially made mini-cane .

VENTURING into the ocean with self-made spears and nets, the fishermen of Zanzibar put their lives on the line when they catch food for their families .

An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .

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

A widow whose love rat ex-boyfriend left her homeless has had the last laugh after a judge ordered her ex to pay back £300,000 .

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 .