An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .

Beautiful turquoise waves rise and fall in a series of stunning images taken along the coastline of south-eastern Australia .

COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .

WIDE EYED with a huge smile across her face, this little elephant is a picture of happiness .

A woman has revealed how she almost died after she developed sepsis from a cold .

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

The dog having been pulled from the car - A police officer smashed a window in the blue Chrysler car to free the dog which was in visible distress .

ONCE A doctor’s surgery, family home and office, an array of medical equipment is scattered throughout this abandoned home .

THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS - 250 DRIVERS ARRESTED FOR STREET RACING IN BIRMINGHAM- In Pic - The start line on the Heartlands Parkway Nechels Birmingham .

SPARKLING bright inside their box, it’s hard to believe these diamonds are made from the cremated remains of the deceased .

A mum-of-three lost half of her body weight after her daughter was teased by playground bullies for having a 'fat mum' .

A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .