CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .

POWERFUL bolts of lightning illuminate the night sky in an incredible autumn storm over the Sardinian coastline .

TWO Little Owls perch on a fence as they enjoy their dinner .

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

A man who spent 30 minutes impaled on iron railings after attempting to scale an 8ft fence has told of his agonising ordeal - and how he suffered a similar mishap as a child .

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 .

THEIR gnarling teeth at the ready, these two baboons fight it out for the last piece of fruit .

TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo .

FORGET Thorpe Park this summer as this is a 50 mile-per-hour ride over the Colorado River CANYON .

LIKE SUPERMAN carrying a slimy Lois Lane through the air this frog is treating its mate to a flying lesson .

A woman has released pictures of the horrific injuries she suffered when her jealous ex attacked her with a brick .

SAILING over crystal clear waters, the Bajau people of Malaysia live their lives almost entirely at SEA .