An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .

FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .

A BEAUTIFUL sight for the eyes and the imagination, these liquid sculptures take shape in many different colours and formations .

MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .

Sophie Carr, 23, from Swindon, was just six when her older brother Alex, then 12, abused her during a game of mummies and daddies .

A father-of-one stunned his wife of twenty-five years after revealing his secret love of POLE DANCING .

STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .

At first glance it might look like someone has taken their revenge on the makers of those infuriating insurance ads .

WITHOUT A care in the world, this little snow monkey puts his feet up and settles in for a snooze .

STARING open-mouthed into the camera, this shocked fish looks out of place in the middle of its angry friends .

FROM COLOURFUL autumn leaves to living trees at first glance you might miss these people blended with nature .

Tina O’Brien, 54, from East Midlands, met Frederick Allchorne, now 62, when she was 15 .