HIDDEN in the middle of the Mojave Desert, a secret oasis awaits intrepid travellers .

From giant mountains to vast deserts, an American photographer spent a year capturing the diverse and beautiful landscape of the United States .

Peering curiously into a basket hanging off the arms of a snowman, this little squirrel appears fascinated by the snowy figure .

THESE are the Disney Princesses you wouldn't want to run into in a dark alley .

These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .

When mum-of-three Becky Tully was told she couldn’t have any more children due to health reasons, she refused to give up on having the little girl she had always wanted .

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

HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .

FROM MRS Patmore to Lady Sybil, these barking mad illustrations show the WOOF-er side of some of our most loved Downton characters .

SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .

A coroner stunned an inquest into a honeymooner who died abroad today by asking her husband if he was involved in her drugs death .

A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .