NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013 .

The mother of a young woman stabbed 26 times by her ex-partner for having a secret abortion has told how her daughter was cruelly betrayed by her own social worker .

Magical photos of your baby smiling for the first time are a priceless treasure for many a proud parent .

FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .

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 .

The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .

BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .

Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .

SWOOPING down from the sky, this agitated eagle is looking for a fight .

Gigantic 100ft waves create the perfect playground for dare-devil surfers from across the world .

N evil mugger who battered a Birmingham old soldier and fled with just £40 has been jailed for nine years .

PEACE and love filled the 1980’s Glastonbury fields as relaxed festival goers kicked back and soaked up the atmosphere .