From giant mountains to vast deserts, an American photographer spent a year capturing the diverse and beautiful landscape of the United States .

AN ANGRY giraffe gave a bush-riding cyclist a scare when he stomped his £2K bike into the dirt .

FEAST your eyes on the £500K coin-covered Range Rover that could be the world’s most blinged-out car .

A COUNCIL has come under fire for slapping fines on people’s GRAVESTONES for breaching petty regulations on pot plants .

A coroner stunned an inquest into a honeymooner who died abroad today by asking her husband if he was involved in her drugs death .

A mum has warned of the dangers of child eating disorders, after her 10-year-old daughter developed anorexia when school bullies branded her ‘FAT’ .

An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .

High up in the mountains and thousands of feet off the ground, a party of climbers were in for a shock as they came face to face with this frightening leap of faith .

With their guts spewing and eyes hanging out, these are the cuddly toys children might be reluctant to curl up to .

COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .

Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .

Animal rescue volunteers have told how a cat riddled with cancer was forced to ripped off its own ears after it was abandoned by its owners .