A woman with a rare condition that means she collapses every time she laughs fears she may have passed the rare illness onto her young son .

FULL OF STUNNING colours and swirling shapes, the furrows on these fields create a mix of mesmerising patterns .

THESE kingfishers prove no rod is needed as they go fishing for their dinner .

With the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .

With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .

BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .

A teenager bullied for having birthmarks all over her body now hopes to become a Hollywood actress to show girls that beauty comes from being unique .

Marina Afonina, now 51, from Northampton, met Ioan Budea in 2006 .

A woman who battled aggressive bowel cancer has started a fashion blog offering style tips for those living with a colostomy bag .

WITH his spiked ears and yellow and blue body, a colourful monkey bears an uncanny resemblance to Marvel Comics’ Wolverine .

SAT happily on the branch of a tree, this little frog appears unfazed by a surprise visitor .

PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .