Villages on the Somerset Levels have faced weeks of flooding with no respite from the conditions in sight .

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 .

A woman has lost an incredible 13st after a group of men cruelly threw a kebab at her as she walked down the street .

Most women would jump at the chance to put on some lipstick, sling on a pair of heels and head out for a romantic meal with their other half .

LIFTING their heads high and bumping beaks, these aggressive pelicans clash over fish .

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

MESMERIZING night sky photographs offer a spellbinding look at the stars .

RACING through the mountain range on horseback, the Kazakh people practice their ancient tradition of hunting with golden eagles .

Meet the Victorian gentleman who could not face sitting next to smelly commuters on the bus - so he dodges danger to go to work on a penny farthing .

UNDERWATER and above-water seaside shots show the best of British beach-life .

THIS LITTLE squirrel tries to keep himself snug as snow starts to fall around him .

This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .