Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track. Located in Kolkata, India, the slum is home to around 1,000 residents and their makeshift shelters sit a foot away from the train tracks. Children gleefully play on the tracks throughout the day, and step aside whenever a train whistles by. Indian photographer Debosmita Das visited the slum, which stretches between 2 to 3 km, to document the dangerous living conditions.
FIFTEEEN years after it was closed pictures by a British teacher show the calamity Hong Kong airport that was closed for being too dangerous .
WOMB STROKE SURVIVOR AMAZES DOCS BY TAKING FIRST STEPS - A little girl who suffered a catastrophic stroke in the womb which would have killed an adult has stunned the medical world by learning to walk, talk and see .
An Italian photographer travelled to the highlands of New Guinea where he met an Indonesian tribe untouched by the modern world .
LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .
A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .
An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .
A woman who left a fellow nightclubber needing plastic surgery after savagely biting her on the hand because she was hungry, has been spared prison .
A puppy bit off more than he could chew when he stole a six inch Chinese spare rib from his owner and swallowed it WHOLE, Cheeky Staffordshire bull terrier Rossi had his life SPARED when he underwent a life-saving operation to remove the bone from his stomach after swiping part of the takeaway meal .
For years Jeorgia Woodd, 30, abused her body, having succumbed to a condition known as 'diabulimia' .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .