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 .

A care worker who broke her spine after jumping from a window to escape a sex attack at the hands of a resident has called for tougher safety measures to protect care staff .

A CHEEKY snail fancies his chances at getting a free ride on a sunny afternoon .

A mother-of-four has revealed how her daughter was stabbed to death by her ex partner, while their horrified children watched on .

A young girl has been forced to stay indoors this winter because a rare allergy to the cold could kill her .

With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .

Animal rescue volunteers have told how a cat riddled with cancer was forced to ripped off its own ears after it was abandoned by its owners .

Kevin Silva, 52 from Indiana in the USA, has spent an estimated £65K ($100K) on Batman trinkets over the years, and even keeps his 2,500-item haul in his very own basement 'Bat Cave' .

These are the amazing close up pictures of North Korea's mass games - after photographers were previously banned from taking shots so close to the dazzling formation dances .

SPARKLING bright inside their box, it’s hard to believe these diamonds are made from the cremated remains of the deceased .

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 .

An Italian photographer travelled to the highlands of New Guinea where he met an Indonesian tribe untouched by the modern world .