Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .

A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .

HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .

A mum-of-two has revealed how she accidentally set her face on fire while lighting a cigarette .

These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .

CREATED over 60 years ago, this weighty machine was the Photoshop of its time .

A woman who was cruelly called ‘tumour girl’ by bullies has finally found love .

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

A former size 30 comfort-eater ditched her husband and lost over 10st after he called her a 'fat cow' .

FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .

A soap bubble lands on the frosty ground and creates a shimmering snow globe as crystals form around it .

An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .