LIFTING their heads high and bumping beaks, these aggressive pelicans clash over fish .

FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .

HIDING behind its flipper, this little seal comes over a little camera shy .

This cheeky macaque gets up close and personal as he examines the dental hygiene of his fellow primate .

Here’s a pair of shoes that really are fit for a princess, and with a price tag of more than £276,000, they are the most expensive shoes in the world .

A group of whale sharks gather to feed underneath a fisherman’s boat off the coast of Papua, Indonesia .

Oscar Pistorius entered a courtroom Monday for the start of his murder trial, walking past the victim's mother who says she came to court so she can ‘really look him in the eyes .

STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .

A good samaritan who came to the aid of a rape victim has told how they were turned away from the Salvation Army because "they only help men" .

A woman left disfigured and traumatised by an addiction to lip filler injections has issued a warning to others searching for the perfect pout after the plastic chemicals nearly killed her .

Oday she is a picture of health - a happy, smiling child, enjoying life to the full .

PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .