NEVER mind being careful not to choke on your food, this mother bird has a bigger challenge on her hands, as her ravenous offspring impatiently launches its head down into her stomach .

A soap bubble lands on the frosty ground and creates a shimmering snow globe as crystals form around it .

BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .

FROM THE world famous Girl with a Pearl Earring painting to a jaguar in the grass, these incredible drawings are created from coloured ballpoint pens .

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 .

LEAF-ing much to the imagination, this camera trickery is blooming marvellous .

STOOD side by side next to a busy road, these buildings were once bustling with life .

THIS BIGFOOT 'Jesus bird' may look silly, but he's perfectly designed for walking on water .

FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .

A mum-of-two has revealed how her childhood friend of 20 years attacked her with a cosh and broke her nose in a vicious attack .

A woman has spoken of her heartbreak after she was rejected by an adoption agency because of her pregnancy phobia .

A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .