With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .

SAT happily on the branch of a tree, this little frog appears unfazed by a surprise visitor .

A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .

A transgender woman has beaten the bullies after spending £25K on surgery to become a beauty pageant queen .

Swimming side by side with divers, these manatees will do anything they can to stay warm .

Two dogs who couldn't keep their paws off each other have been united in matrimonial bliss after their owners shelled out $10,000 on a lavish canine wedding ceremony .

MEET the real life sleeping beauty - who snoozed for TWO months when a rare sleep disorder took over her life and turned it into a nightmare .

A woman branded the Jolly Green Giant by SOLE-crushing school bullies for her whopping size nine feet has had the last laugh by opening a shoe shop for big footed girls .

HIDDEN in the middle of the Mojave Desert, a secret oasis awaits intrepid travellers .

A young girl has been forced to stay indoors this winter because a rare allergy to the cold could kill her .

A survivor of abuse has bravely waived her anonymity to tell how she was sexually assaulted from the age of nine - by her depraved grandad .

Swirling water and sand create amazing aerial images of river deltas across Iceland .