SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .

THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .

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

An intrepid photographer travelled to the abandoned ghost town of Bodie in northern California to capture the historic buildings that are trapped in time .

A BLIND school-girl whose growth has been stunted by a rare medical condition is finding her feet again with the help of a specially made mini-cane .

CHUCKLING away, this little seal appears to find something hilarious .

From giant mountains to vast deserts, an American photographer spent a year capturing the diverse and beautiful landscape of the United States .

A mother told she had terminal cancer by doctors who ignored her pleas for help 13 times has made a miracle recovery following the UK's first operation of its kind .

Walking down the street in her local town, heads turn as Jessica Villafane passes by .

A university graduate who was obsessed with achieving a thigh gap has told how she shrunk to just 6st after developing anorexia athletica .

ONCE A doctor’s surgery, family home and office, an array of medical equipment is scattered throughout this abandoned home .

AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .