FROM KISSING an alligator on the nose to walking over broken glass, this fearless daredevil is a real life female JACKASS. Stunt-woman Rachel Star Withers is giving Johnny Knoxville a run for his money by completing crazy stunts and pushing the boundaries of acceptable behaviour. The 29-year-old, of Indian Land, South Carolina, USA, says: ‘Doing stunts is an excuse for me to push my limits and find out what is possible. ‘I'm the kind of person who sees someone do something cool and then I want to do it too.
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .
HIDDEN in the middle of the Mojave Desert, a secret oasis awaits intrepid travellers .
Ashlee, 20, has always known that she was supposed to be a girl .
A photographer has captured stunning photographs of the Milky Way above picturesque landscapes in the UK and Italy .
EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal .
A man who was stabbed ten times in a frenzied and random attack has told how, two years on, he is too scared to leave his house without his STAB VEST .
A floating market in Indonesia is bursting with vibrant colours as wooden rowing boats loaded with fruit and vegetables crowd the river .
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
A woman has revealed how she was left scarred for life after accidentally falling into a bonfire at a friend’s BBQ .
Dogs catch waves at the Coronado Bay dog surf championships Saturday 22nd June 2013- DOG SURFING mutts have never looked so gnarly .
Here's a collection of art for the DIGIT-AL age as these fascinating illusions of landmarks, places and even a banana are made using just a pair of hands .