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. Roberto Pazzi, 42, spent three weeks in India, photographing people of all ages in the suburbs of a number of cities, including New Delhi, Jaisalmer, Jodhpur, Udaipur, Jaipur, Agra, Varanasi and Kalkota. From a flute player to a rickshaw driver, Roberto was captivated and humbled by his subjects, who live in a country which, according to the World Bank, has 179.6 million people living below the poverty line.
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
WIDE EYED with a huge smile across her face, this little elephant is a picture of happiness .
SAT with his arms folded and a cross look on his face, this Gorilla looks like he's had enough of the Christmas holidays already .
SOARING at 112 miles per hour through the air, this petite blonde certainly lives up to her title as the fastest flying woman in the world .
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
Pint- size Maci Winters only has one wish this Christmas - to be as tall as the other boys and girls on the school playground .
WRAPPED up in classy headscarves, these adorable pooches are the picture of sophistication .
A hero dog has saved the life of her asthmatic owner after waking her up during a severe asthma attack .
An artist has transformed traditional Thanksgiving dinners into mini-masterpieces .
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .