A British diver has set a new world record for the longest warm water scuba dive by spending a mammoth 49 hours and 56 minutes under water .

WOMB STROKE SURVIVOR AMAZES DOCS BY TAKING FIRST STEPS - A little girl who suffered a catastrophic stroke in the womb which would have killed an adult has stunned the medical world by learning to walk, talk and see .

A DARING duo take their chances and scale this spectacular 82ft frozen waterfall before it collapses .

HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .

A fish almost escapes the beak of a bird as they both soar through the air .

LIFTING their heads high and bumping beaks, these aggressive pelicans clash over fish .

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

Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .

A ROAD KILL munching Scot has chewed on everything from a dead squirrel to an unlucky crow – all in the name of art .

A mum has celebrated each of her four pregnancies with a host of wacky stunts - including acrobatics, aerial contortion, pole-dancing and risque photo shoots .

A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .

A mother-of-one has told how she nearly died after contracting toxic shock syndrome from a tampon .