The lighthouses of Brittany, from Brest to Le Conquet, stand tall on France’s north-western coast against stunning scenery .

A young polar bear cub becomes the yogi bear as she stretches off for a morning aerobics session .

A student has finally hit puberty after a four year battle against anorexia stunted his growth .

These are the faces of orphans suffering from the horrifying effects of chemical warfare .

A young mum-to-be who was told she would never fall pregnant due to a rare condition has decided to keep her miracle baby even though his birth could leave her paralysed and in pain forever .

ONCE A doctor’s surgery, family home and office, an array of medical equipment is scattered throughout this abandoned home .

COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .

SITTING quietly at the edge of the lake, these two baby bears watch and learn as the adults hunt for fish .

A university graduate who was obsessed with achieving a thigh gap has told how she shrunk to just 6st after developing anorexia athletica .

An amputee who was cruelly nicknamed 'peg-leg' by school bullies has conquered her insecurities to become a model .

A former soldier who bravely took on penny-pinching NHS bosses in his fight against terminal cancer has died, aged 37 .

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