Some parents would gasp at the thought of their children playing with a toy gun, but these Russian children are actually encouraged to take up real arms .

THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .

A SERENE turquoise glow glimmers from underneath these powerful icebergs .

A talented 16st pole dancer who was once dubbed a 'disgusting human form' by online trolls is fighting back to show her bullies that big is beautiful .

A father-of-one stunned his wife of twenty-five years after revealing his secret love of POLE DANCING .

FLOATING effortlessly on his back, this little otter laps up a rare glimmer of English spring sunshine .

Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .

Soldiers standing guard outside the Woolwich barracks in London - Two terror suspects are under armed guard in separate hospitals in London after a serving soldier was hacked to death in the street .

A young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .

Andrea Kubinova, 30, from London, became great friends with serial killer and necrophiliac, Dennis Nilsen .

A former size 30 comfort-eater ditched her husband and lost over 10st after he called her a 'fat cow' .

An adorable little squirrel wakes from a nap and pops out his tongue for the camera .