An Italian photographer travelled to the highlands of New Guinea where he met an Indonesian tribe untouched by the modern world .

A teacher has told how she was attacked by a murderer on her way home from a night out but courageously managed to charm him out of strangling her .

BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .

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 .

A single woman, who was granted IVF funding on the NHS, finally has a baby after suffering three miscarriages .

From the tails of fighter planes to black and white checked buildings, graveyards take different and unusual forms around the world .

A man who spent 30 minutes impaled on iron railings after attempting to scale an 8ft fence has told of his agonising ordeal - and how he suffered a similar mishap as a child .

FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .

AN EXERCISING turtle and an ice-skating chick are hardly everyday exploits in the animal community .

WITH their robotic movements and pristine uniforms, these are the sexy traffic girls of North Korea that are becoming iconic figures in the secretive state .

NEVER mind being careful not to choke on your food, this mother bird has a bigger challenge on her hands, as her ravenous offspring impatiently launches its head down into her stomach .

A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .