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

A support worker was stunned to discover she was eight months pregnant after she was rushed to hospital with 'stomach cramps' .

The UK's first hotline - and possibly the galaxy's - for people who have been targeted by aliens has opened to the public .

A young woman has told how she has been robbed of her fertility and now faces an uncertain future after she was diagnosed with cervical cancer at the age of just 22 .

A DETERMINED great blue heron holds on tightly to its prey as the furry gopher attempts to wriggle free .

THEIR gnarling teeth at the ready, these two baboons fight it out for the last piece of fruit .

Some parents would gasp at the thought of their children playing with a toy gun, but these Russian children are actually encouraged to take up real arms .

A professional dancer has embraced her individuality after refusing plastic surgery to remove a giant birthmark on her face .

A mother-of-two has revealed how her son became a human fireball after a dangerous 'TikTok challenge' went wrong .

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

A man has lost an incredible 20st after his addiction to food left him £15k in debt .

Beautiful turquoise waves rise and fall in a series of stunning images taken along the coastline of south-eastern Australia .