A former food addict who had spent her whole life dreaming of romance shed an astonishing 12st 7lbs to experience love for the first time .

STANDING on its hind legs, a nosey polar bear presses its paws against the window of a truck and takes a peek at the tourist inside .

A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .

THIS astonishing film shows the moment a hit-and-run driver ploughed into a woman and a toddler on a Coventry street .

THE CRAZE for mimicking the video game Streetfighter has spread to the streets of London .

A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .

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

With stunning scenery and otherworldly vistas, Iceland’s rural beauty is inescapable – especially for Hollywood .

If you had to scrape the snow off your car this morning or slip-slide your way into work over icy pavements spare a thought for these little critters .

FROM THE world famous Girl with a Pearl Earring painting to a jaguar in the grass, these incredible drawings are created from coloured ballpoint pens .

SWIMMING in unison, millions of silverside fish dwarf the divers .

SNEAKING slowly into the water, this Bengal tiger plans a vicious attack on three unsuspecting deer .