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

A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .

A dog whose forehead skin was so heavy that he was going blind has finally seen his owner again after undergoing a £1K FACELIFT .

FROM MRS Patmore to Lady Sybil, these barking mad illustrations show the WOOF-er side of some of our most loved Downton characters .

A Romanian woman is celebrating her new job as a knife-thrower’s assistant after leaving her family behind to move to the UK .

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

From squids to Star Wars, these flipping marvellous creations are pancake portraits .

A woman has been left scarred for life after a botched eye lift burnt her eyelids .

A grand 56-bedroom hotel, once heaving with injured soldiers during the First World War, now lies completely abandoned .

A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .

With stunning scenery and otherworldly vistas, Iceland’s rural beauty is inescapable – especially for Hollywood .

Something appears to have tickled this baby owl as he seems to be having a real HOOT .