In June 2023, Aimee da Cunha, 33, from Perth, Australia, was boiling potatoes on the stove when her two-year-old daughter, Hailey, knocked the pan of water over her .

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

WITH THEIR adorable big round eyes and fluffy white fur, these baby seals are cute enough to melt any heart .

Jostling their quills into the noses of some unlucky cubs, this is the moment two feisty porcupines ALMOST defeat a pride of seven lions .

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

With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .

THE THOUGHT OF BECOMING shipwrecked on a remote destination would fill most holidaymakers with dread .

A former food addict who had spent her whole life dreaming of romance shed an astonishing 12st 7lbs to experience love for the first time .

USUALLY full to bursting, these London Underground stations stand silent and completely commuter free .

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

BASKING in smug satisfaction, a confident squirrel gives a wink to the camera .

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