A quiet Himalayan mountain village springs to life for a colourful Buddhist festival designed to expel evil spirits and bring happiness .

A coroner stunned an inquest into a honeymooner who died abroad today by asking her husband if he was involved in her drugs death .

LEAPING for joy five-feet above the waves this baby whale cutie is saying HELLO to its family after being lost .

WITH a paw in the air and his tongue hanging from his mouth, it is clear to see that this little groundhog is struggling to wake up and leave behind the comfort of his burrow .

The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .

WITH A wide smile plastered across his face, this little gecko is ready for his close up .

A floating market in Indonesia is bursting with vibrant colours as wooden rowing boats loaded with fruit and vegetables crowd the river .

STANDING on its hind legs, a nosey polar bear presses its paws against the window of a truck and takes a peek at the tourist inside .

The mother of a young woman stabbed 26 times by her ex-partner for having a secret abortion has told how her daughter was cruelly betrayed by her own social worker .

WITH his spiked ears and yellow and blue body, a colourful monkey bears an uncanny resemblance to Marvel Comics’ Wolverine .

A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .

A TAXIDERMY truck spotted in America’s Deep South could be the most gruesome wagon on the road .