A quiet Himalayan mountain village springs to life for a colourful Buddhist festival designed to expel evil spirits and bring happiness .

AN ARRAY of colours, from pinks to blues and oranges, fill the night sky to create an amazing collection of interstellar patterns .

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 .

The lighthouses of Brittany, from Brest to Le Conquet, stand tall on France’s north-western coast against stunning scenery .

N evil mugger who battered a Birmingham old soldier and fled with just £40 has been jailed for nine years .

A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .

THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .

A Gary Barlow superfan has lost an incredible 11st after a selfie with the pop star left her horrified by her 22st 9lb figure .

COULD this be the most distastrous wedding cake fail EVER? Most brides opt for a traditional tiered white wedding cake decorated with delicate pink roses and lace for their big day .

BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .

STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .

A doting seal smiles at her sweet little pup as she tickles its tummy on the beach .