Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .

An adorable young fallow deer peers over its shoulder and is greeted by a cheeky jackdaw crow sitting on its back .

A professional dancer has embraced her individuality after refusing plastic surgery to remove a giant birthmark on her face .

BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .

A SERENE turquoise glow glimmers from underneath these powerful icebergs .

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

Some will get up close and personal with Mother Nature’s deadliest animals to get the perfect shot, posing the question, what lengths will a photographer go to for that all important picture? But in this case, the question should be what depths .

An eight-year-old boy who lost his legs and left hand to meningitis is standing tall after learning to walk on his prosthetic limbs .

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' .

A woman has spoken of her heartbreak after she was rejected by an adoption agency because of her pregnancy phobia .

When Louise Steen walked down the aisle, she imagined a perfect future with her older hubby – but her life would soon become a living hell .

Sophie Carr, 23, from Swindon, was just six when her older brother Alex, then 12, abused her during a game of mummies and daddies .