STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .

A quiet Himalayan mountain village springs to life for a colourful Buddhist festival designed to expel evil spirits and bring happiness .

A woman has shed half her body weight after undergoing a gastric sleeve op to shrink her stomach .

WITH STUNNING colours and serene scenes, these photographs capture the otherworldly beauty of the English coast .

SKIPPING on the spot, an adorable little owl embraces the 'running man' challenge .

A miracle baby has overcome a one-in-five-million brain condition – after a blob of glue saved his life .

AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .

ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .

LINED up one by one on a deer’s back, these little birds give their wings a break as they catch a ride across London .

A young woman has told how she has been robbed of her fertility and now faces an uncertain future after she was diagnosed with cervical cancer at the age of just 22 .

A project to create an underwater tribute to the stone Moai statues of Easter Island ended in disaster when 15 replica structures were destroyed after toppling from a boat and into the sea .

A former cosmetic rep who swapped make-up for a career as a Marilyn Monroe lookalike has pocketed a staggering $4million (£2,630,000) as a full-time doppelgänger .