It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .

From the tails of fighter planes to black and white checked buildings, graveyards take different and unusual forms around the world .

LEAPING through the air this determined little mouse is on a mission for food .

WOMB STROKE SURVIVOR AMAZES DOCS BY TAKING FIRST STEPS - A little girl who suffered a catastrophic stroke in the womb which would have killed an adult has stunned the medical world by learning to walk, talk and see .

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 .

SNUGGLED up in the hay away from the elements, this adorable hoglet has sought solace with a familiar friend .

BASKING in smug satisfaction, a confident squirrel gives a wink to the camera .

A photographer from the United Arab Emirates travelled to Pakistan where he captured the lives of local people in a series of expressive portraits .

A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .

A teacher has told how she was attacked by a murderer on her way home from a night out but courageously managed to charm him out of strangling her .

A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state .

A panic stricken kitten that got her head stuck in a car tyre has been freed by quick thinking RSPCA staff .