A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .

A former cosmetic rep who swapped make-up for a career as a Marilyn Monroe lookalike has pocketed a staggering $4million (£2,630,000) as a full-time doppelgänger .

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

An artist has NAILED IT by creating beautiful and perfectly precise artwork using a hammer and 30,000 nails .

EXPERTLY camouflaged, this clever panther chameleon knows how to catch its prey by surprise .

Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .

OPEN mouthed and wide eyed this little squirrel appears startled .

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

A group of otters put on a show of aqua aerobics, as they raise their flippers perfectly in sync .

SEA LIFE and greenery in one shot show nature at its very best .

WONDERS of the world have been transformed into their mini-versions in a seven-year round the world adventure .