A young mum has told how a phantom pregnancy almost destroyed her dream of having a second child .

A mum-of-three lost 10 stone after her son asked if she was pregnant .

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

An adorable red squirrel says goodbye to the summer as he shelters from the rain underneath a small blue umbrella .

BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .

WOMB STROKE SURVIVOR AMAZES DOCS BY TAKING FIRST STEPS - A little girl who suffered a catastrophic stroke in the womb which would have killed an adult has stunned the medical world by learning to walk, talk and see .

This cheeky chappie is getting into all kinds of monkey business as he enjoys cooling off on a scorching hot day .

The lighthouses of Brittany, from Brest to Le Conquet, stand tall on France’s north-western coast against stunning scenery .

A deranged dad beat his girlfriend so savagely in a vicious 30 minute attack that the indent of his sovereign ring was left on her face .

SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .

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 .

SAT happily on the branch of a tree, this little frog appears unfazed by a surprise visitor .