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

WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .

FLAMINGOS from above look like the pink algae they eat .

AN underground HOBBIT motel inspired by JRR Tolkien is just one of the unique places to stay at the world's most unusual hotel complex .

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

Peering curiously into a basket hanging off the arms of a snowman, this little squirrel appears fascinated by the snowy figure .

Bathers on a New Zealand beach stripped naked and took to the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to shatter the record for the world's largest skinny dip .

WITH their robotic movements and pristine uniforms, these are the sexy traffic girls of North Korea that are becoming iconic figures in the secretive state .

A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .

From shooting hoops to performing kick ups, a boy has a ball with the moon .

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 .

A woman who blew £12k of her student loan on junk food and booze has lost 10st after ditching her unhealthy habits .