A good samaritan who came to the aid of a rape victim has told how they were turned away from the Salvation Army because "they only help men" .

AN ANGRY giraffe gave a bush-riding cyclist a scare when he stomped his £2K bike into the dirt .

YOU’VE heard of the northern lights now feast your eyes on the natural wonder of the SOUTHERN lights .

Lying angelically with a range of expressions etched on their tiny faces, little bundles of joy are innocently captured in their first few days in these adorable photographs .

SAT with his arms folded and a cross look on his face, this Gorilla looks like he's had enough of the Christmas holidays already .

A CHEEKY snail fancies his chances at getting a free ride on a sunny afternoon .

A pair of bank myna birds fight it out in front of their ladies .

This is the moment a puffin delved into the ocean and bit off more than he could chew to collect a beak full of fish .

FEAST your eyes onthe £3K luxury yurts that rock legend Mick Jagger will be basking in between Glastonbury performances this weekend .

With an abandoned tricycle sitting in an empty corridor, this derelict but once grand mansion could be the setting for The Shining .

Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .

Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .