An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .

An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .

FLEXING his muscles and staring straight at his opponent, this bodybuilding squirrel is the nuts .

LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .

LOCATIONS bursting with vibrant greens and chestnut browns, these photographs capture the peaceful English countryside in all its glory .

Walking down the street in her local town, heads turn as Jessica Villafane passes by .

A teenage girl nicknamed 'spotty dog' by school bullies has embraced the hundreds of birthmarks that cover her entire face and body .

THEIR gnarling teeth at the ready, these two baboons fight it out for the last piece of fruit .

It’s the must-have for any true Disney fan: a Little Mermaid themed wedding .

THIS astonishing film shows the moment a hit-and-run driver ploughed into a woman and a toddler on a Coventry street .

Blonde teen Jess Stubbs has certainly got girl power - as Britain’s youngest TRUCKER .

She was the 18th century celebrity who made men faint in awe of her beauty by her very presence .