SNOWBOARDING in your £2,000 wedding dress sounds like a nightmare for most brides .

PUCKERING up and enjoying some quality time, these are the most lovable monkeys on the planet .

ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another .

A mum who has hid behind the hair loss condition alopecia for the last 20 years has bravely revealed a secret compulsion to tear out her own hair that has tormented her since she was a child .

Thousands of people are gathering at a stadium in Johannesburg for a memorial service for Nelson Mandela .

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 .

Pouncing down on top of his twin brother, these two snow leopard cubs practice their kung-fu moves .

HIDING behind its flipper, this little seal comes over a little camera shy .

A little boy whose brain grew inside his nose has been described as the 'real-life Pinocchio' by his proud mum .

Animal rescue volunteers have told how a cat riddled with cancer was forced to ripped off its own ears after it was abandoned by its owners .

A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .

A Canadian couple celebrated their engagement by recreating iconic moments from the film The Notebook .