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

An obese woman has lost 9st after an addiction to junk food left her £1 .

A photographer has captured spellbinding images of stars swirling above the English countryside .

FLEXING his muscles and staring straight at his opponent, this bodybuilding squirrel is the nuts .

An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .

A mischievous fox cub demonstrates his playful side by biting his sibling’s tail .

This starling and prairie dog will not back down an inch as they have a fearsome stand-off over who gets to eat a nut .

A transgender model, who has spent £180k on surgery to become a ‘desirable’ woman, has told of her struggle to find a man who is openly accepting of trans-women .

SQUABBLING over the last piece of grain, these hungry squirrels are determined to stock up on as much food as possible .

A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .

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 .

CONTRASTING settings reveal some of England’s most beautiful landscapes in all their glory .