An intrepid photographer travelled to the abandoned ghost town of Bodie in northern California to capture the historic buildings that are trapped in time .

PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .

A woman who suffered from an allergic reaction to hair dye that made her face swell to twice its size has been left too scared to leave the house .

A woman has spoken of her heartbreak after she was rejected by an adoption agency because of her pregnancy phobia .

THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS - 250 DRIVERS ARRESTED FOR STREET RACING IN BIRMINGHAM- In Pic - The start line on the Heartlands Parkway Nechels Birmingham .

Red squirrels are well known for their intelligence and curiosity but when one snapper caught this furry little guy trying to take his own self-portrait he couldn't help but be taken aback .

A cheeky owl fancies a game of hide and seek as it peeps out from behind a tree .

ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another .

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 .

EXTRAORDINARY elephants create beautiful paintings in Thailand .

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

These images of vintage cars, bikes and vans, pictured all over the world, could easily have come from a globetrotting petrol-head’s photo album .