A former cosmetic rep who swapped make-up for a career as a Marilyn Monroe lookalike has pocketed a staggering $4million (£2,630,000) as a full-time doppelgänger .

A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .

Dogs catch waves at the Coronado Bay dog surf championships Saturday 22nd June 2013- DOG SURFING mutts have never looked so gnarly .

BOXING DAY has come early for this pair of feisty squirrels, as their Christmas party quickly turns sour .

A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .

Destroyed buildings and overturned cars are seen after a huge tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma, near Oklahoma City, May 20, 2013 .

FORGET Thorpe Park this summer as this is a 50 mile-per-hour ride over the Colorado River CANYON .

JUMPING and bouncing off one another, these young cheetahs enjoy some harmless fun .

A young woman who once weighed the same as 12-year-old girl has told how a severely malnourished cat helped save her life and beat her anorexia .

A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs .

This may look like a monster car engine that will leave petrol heads in a spin, but it is in fact a rather snazzy looking COFFEE MACHINE .

With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .