NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013 .

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 .

A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .

EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal .

HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .

From the rolling hills of the Brecon Beacons to the still waters in the Lake District, these photographs capture autumnal landscapes across Great Britain perfectly .

BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .

This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .

THESE kingfishers prove no rod is needed as they go fishing for their dinner .

A group of otters put on a show of aqua aerobics, as they raise their flippers perfectly in sync .

A nine year old girl nearly lost her leg after doctors initially misdiagnosed her bone cancer as a pulled muscle .

Heart pounding, Rebecca Cain jumped as a car door slammed on the street outside .