AS graffiti goes, this giant mural of a sweet little girl tenderly watering a tree beneath her is a far cry from what you usually see emblazoned across cities. Natalia Rak, 27, spent a staggering 70 hours painting the 20 metre high work of art, while perching on a mechanical lift for hours on end for a week. The larger than life painting shows a young girl dressed in traditional Polish clothes and standing on her tip toes as she tips the watering can onto the tree below.
This starling and prairie dog will not back down an inch as they have a fearsome stand-off over who gets to eat a nut .
A photographer has travelled the length of the UK capturing lighthouses and their picturesque surroundings .
HMS Ark Royal arrives in the Turkish port of Aliaga at the ship scrapping firm Leyal’s yard .
A man who developed anorexia as a teen has told that dying for 20 minutes helped shock him into recovery .
A woman who starved herself to look like Cheryl Cole has told how she shrunk to just under 5st 13lbs after developing anorexia .
LIKE SUPERMAN carrying a slimy Lois Lane through the air this frog is treating its mate to a flying lesson .
Exibiting their superhuman strength these ants look ready to create an art attack by lifting pencils several thousand times their own weight .
DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
A single woman, who was granted IVF funding on the NHS, finally has a baby after suffering three miscarriages .
A little caterpillar fearlessly scampers down a branch and confronts a praying mantis .
A baby sperm whale assumed the role of a friendly giant when faced with two awestruck divers .