HMS Ark Royal arrives in the Turkish port of Aliaga at the ship scrapping firm Leyal’s yard. The former flagship of the Royal Navy will now be turned into slabs of steel and sold by the Kilo. The 22,000 ton ship, which carried 22 aircraft and had a complement of 1,051, was retired five years ahead of schedule in 2011, a high-profile casualty of the government’s controversial defence cuts. Tears were shed when, after more than a quarter of a century of service, Britain’s most famous warship left Portsmouth last month and began her final solemn journey.The mighty aircraft carrier was sold to ship recycling firm Leyal for £2.9m, where it now faces the ultimate indignity of being taken apart like a scrapped second hand car.
GUITARISTS that want to lay down some slick licks will soon be able to get their hands on a brand new guitar - made from oil cans .
PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .
A soap bubble lands on the frosty ground and creates a shimmering snow globe as crystals form around it .
VENTURING into the ocean with self-made spears and nets, the fishermen of Zanzibar put their lives on the line when they catch food for their families .
DIPPING and diving their way through this bumpy journey, these giraffe's duck for cover as they dodge multiple cables and wires .
Enjoying life’s little pleasures is something that many struggle to do .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
A photographer from the United Arab Emirates travelled to Pakistan where he captured the lives of local people in a series of expressive portraits .
SNOWBOARDING in your £2,000 wedding dress sounds like a nightmare for most brides .
A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .
Meet the real life anime girl who looks like a living cartoon character despite never going under the knife .
WELCOME to all that remains of Britain's once state-of-the-art military hospital where plastic surgery was pioneered for injured WW1 troops who survived the SOMME .