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 .

A Zumba-mad grandma has lost almost 14st after becoming addicted to the popular dance craze .

HOTSPOT MEDIA - BRAVE TOT ALLERGIC TO SUN: Leighton Brownrigg, 2 .

A British photographer has captured the beauty of London in a stunning series of landscapes shots .

A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .

LINED up one by one on a deer’s back, these little birds give their wings a break as they catch a ride across London .

A SPECTRUM of colours fills the sky during this spectacular and natural display of light .

THESE are the Disney Princesses you wouldn't want to run into in a dark alley .

Here's a collection of art for the DIGIT-AL age as these fascinating illusions of landmarks, places and even a banana are made using just a pair of hands .

Peering curiously into a basket hanging off the arms of a snowman, this little squirrel appears fascinated by the snowy figure .

AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .

It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .