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

A mum who has hid behind the hair loss condition alopecia for the last 20 years has bravely revealed a secret compulsion to tear out her own hair that has tormented her since she was a child .

Meet the real life princess who has spent £10k transforming herself into nine Disney beauties .

This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .

From shooting hoops to performing kick ups, a boy has a ball with the moon .

High up in the mountains and thousands of feet off the ground, a party of climbers were in for a shock as they came face to face with this frightening leap of faith .

FLEXING his muscles and staring straight at his opponent, this bodybuilding squirrel is the nuts .

HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .

A diving mad couple have finally taken the plunge, having tied the knot 30ft underwater .

A photographer from the United Arab Emirates travelled to Pakistan where he captured the lives of local people in a series of expressive portraits .

FLAUNTING its new accessory, a fashionable green dumpy tree frog poses for the camera while wearing a SNAIL as a hat .

THESE BREATH-TAKING photographs show the natural beauty of Iceland's most famous waterfall .