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

A teenage girl has grown back her entire face after being struck down by a rare skin disease .

An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .

Pint- size Maci Winters only has one wish this Christmas - to be as tall as the other boys and girls on the school playground .

CHUCKLING away, this little seal appears to find something hilarious .

A woman who had three botched nose jobs finally feels pretty after forking out £8 .

An Italian photographer travelled to the highlands of New Guinea where he met an Indonesian tribe untouched by the modern world .

From the tails of fighter planes to black and white checked buildings, graveyards take different and unusual forms around the world .

A hero dog has saved the life of her asthmatic owner after waking her up during a severe asthma attack .

A widow whose love rat ex-boyfriend left her homeless has had the last laugh after a judge ordered her ex to pay back £300,000 .

With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .

LOCATIONS bursting with vibrant greens and chestnut browns, these photographs capture the peaceful English countryside in all its glory .