BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .

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

A BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .

A young polar bear cub becomes the yogi bear as she stretches off for a morning aerobics session .

CRAZY BEARDS come into their GROWN when they've been twisted and waxed into shape .

A young girl has been forced to stay indoors this winter because a rare allergy to the cold could kill her .

A group of whale sharks gather to feed underneath a fisherman’s boat off the coast of Papua, Indonesia .

A woman whose face and body was left scarred for life by angry sores, caused by Lupus, has become a diversity model .

Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .

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 .

FLOATING effortlessly on his back, this little otter laps up a rare glimmer of English spring sunshine .

Most women would jump at the chance to put on some lipstick, sling on a pair of heels and head out for a romantic meal with their other half .