A former chocolate addict, who used to gobble more than a THOUSAND bars a year, has shed an astonishing 10st after giving up her favourite treats .

A floating market in Indonesia is bursting with vibrant colours as wooden rowing boats loaded with fruit and vegetables crowd the river .

WRAPPED up in classy headscarves, these adorable pooches are the picture of sophistication .

A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .

DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .

A medical student has gone from chunky to hunky after being dumped by his ex- girlfriend for being too 'chubby' .

A pair of chicks bravely decided to befriend a python, despite being the snake's favourite choice of food .

SOARING at 112 miles per hour through the air, this petite blonde certainly lives up to her title as the fastest flying woman in the world .

An Italian photographer travelled to the highlands of New Guinea where he met an Indonesian tribe untouched by the modern world .

Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .

THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .

As sunlight cascades through its vibrant stained glass windows, every inch of the Nasir-ol-Mulk Mosque bursts with colour .