LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .

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

Puckering up for a kiss, an affectionate pair of owls share a smooch for Valentine's Day .

A mother-of-four has revealed how her daughter was stabbed to death by her ex partner, while their horrified children watched on .

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

STOOD side by side next to a busy road, these buildings were once bustling with life .

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

A family who were refused the location of their missing cat under the Data Protection Act have been reunited with their moggie after the keepers handed him back .

FIFTEEEN years after it was closed pictures by a British teacher show the calamity Hong Kong airport that was closed for being too dangerous .

WITH the phosphorescent blobs and mesmerising patterns, these spectacular images may look like the hall marks of an enchanted forest but it is in fact the scene of thousands of dancing FIREFLIES .

A good samaritan who came to the aid of a rape victim has told how they were turned away from the Salvation Army because "they only help men" .

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