An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert .

CONTRACT CANCELLED, DO NOT SYNDICATE .

NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .

COVERING themselves in ash and face paint, these are the holy men who live their lives away from everyday society .

With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .

A puppy bit off more than he could chew when he stole a six inch Chinese spare rib from his owner and swallowed it WHOLE, Cheeky Staffordshire bull terrier Rossi had his life SPARED when he underwent a life-saving operation to remove the bone from his stomach after swiping part of the takeaway meal .

A woman has lost over 13st after beating her addiction to POTATOES .

A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .

A former takeaway addict, who once weighed 20st, has lost over 8st in a bid to ditch her ‘fat sister’ tag .

A photographer has transformed women with alopecia into stunning sirens - showing that bald is beautiful .

This daredevil wildebeest tried a walk on the wild side - straight into the snatches of a huge 18 foot crocodile .

ROLLING across a 65-metre-high viaduct in the Alps, the red carriages of the Bernina Express add a splash of colour to the spectacular snow-covered Swiss surroundings .