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 .

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

ESCAPING A LANDFILL FUTURE, these amazing science fiction inspired sculptures are made from everyday objects .

The sun is finally out, bringing a smile to many people’s faces – including this cute little dormouse’s! Grinning from ear to ear, this tiny dormouse appears to have been tickled by something as it clambered up this flower, basking in the sunshine, whilst having a little laugh to himself .

As sunlight cascades through its vibrant stained glass windows, every inch of the Nasir-ol-Mulk Mosque bursts with colour .

An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .

HEARTWARMING belongings lie abandoned in this eerie former dairy farm which has been left to crumble away for decades .

CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .

WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .

This is the moment a puffin delved into the ocean and bit off more than he could chew to collect a beak full of fish .

Here’s a pair of shoes that really are fit for a princess, and with a price tag of more than £276,000, they are the most expensive shoes in the world .

From vivid greens to glowing pinks, the colours of the aurora borealis fill the night sky above a snow covered Lapland .