A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .

A woman was left fighting for her life after an eczema wound became infected and caused a deadly flesh-eating bug to ravish a hole in her arm .

A deranged dad beat his girlfriend so savagely in a vicious 30 minute attack that the indent of his sovereign ring was left on her face .

A mother-of-one has told how she nearly died after contracting toxic shock syndrome from a tampon .

PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .

The mother of a young woman stabbed 26 times by her ex-partner for having a secret abortion has told how her daughter was cruelly betrayed by her own social worker .

A woman has told how her addiction to eating bath bubbles during her pregnancy was better than SEX .

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

SURROUNDED by a snowstorm, these young polar bears battle the elements - as well as each other .

Standing on the edge of a never-ending black hole, this is one leap you wouldn't want to make .

A floating market in Indonesia is bursting with vibrant colours as wooden rowing boats loaded with fruit and vegetables crowd the river .

DIPPING his head into the vase of water, this little squirrel takes a refreshing break from an afternoon of eating .