AT 4,800 metres high and just three metres wide, this is the most dangerous road in the world. Surrounded by rainforest and rolling hills, the views from the North Yungus Road in Bolivia are astounding. But travelling along this 40 mile track can come at a price. The narrow single-lane road has no railings and claims the lives of an estimated 300 travellers per year.
An American woman whose skin turned silver after using nose drops is warning people of the dangers of medicines containing the metal .
A young girl has been forced to stay indoors this winter because a rare allergy to the cold could kill her .
EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
A cheeky owl fancies a game of hide and seek as it peeps out from behind a tree .
A mum from Gloucestershire has accepted her four-year-old twin son’s decision to live full time as a girl - and is now letting him wear a skirt to school .
A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .
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Struggling home entertainment chain Blockbuster has been slammed for advertising its workers' jobs while they are still in them in order to scare them into working harder .
A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .
Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .