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 .

Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .

With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .

LEAPING for joy five-feet above the waves this baby whale cutie is saying HELLO to its family after being lost .

A Gary Barlow superfan has lost an incredible 11st after a selfie with the pop star left her horrified by her 22st 9lb figure .

HOTSPOT MEDIA - BACK TO THE FUTURE WITH AR' KID: A POSTAL SORTER has perfected the art of time travel by delivering images that are from the past .

EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal .

A transgender model, who has spent £180k on surgery to become a ‘desirable’ woman, has told of her struggle to find a man who is openly accepting of trans-women .

A care worker who broke her spine after jumping from a window to escape a sex attack at the hands of a resident has called for tougher safety measures to protect care staff .

Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .

A mum-of-two has revealed how her childhood friend of 20 years attacked her with a cosh and broke her nose in a vicious attack .

PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .