Oscar Pistorius entered a courtroom Monday for the start of his murder trial, walking past the victim's mother who says she came to court so she can ‘really look him in the eyes .

FULL OF STUNNING colours and swirling shapes, the furrows on these fields create a mix of mesmerising patterns .

Sprawled out on top of a log, this sleeping leopard takes a relaxing break from his daily routine .

A teenage girl has grown back her entire face after being struck down by a rare skin disease .

Bryanna Debinder, 20, from Pennsylvania in the USA, has lost 7 stone in order to impress her idol .

The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .

A doting seal smiles at her sweet little pup as she tickles its tummy on the beach .

A first-time mum has told how she was allergic to her unborn baby after she developed an angry red rash all over her body .

STAR-TI-LING: 40,000 STARLINGS MIMIC HITCHCOCK'S THE BIRDS- This could be the fearsome scene from Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds as a flock of 40,000 starlings bask in the heat of a wonderful British sunset .

A DARING duo take their chances and scale this spectacular 82ft frozen waterfall before it collapses .

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

At first glance what might look like ordinary rusty bridge and road railings, are in fact amazing works of art .