These are the faces of orphans suffering from the horrifying effects of chemical warfare .

AS graffiti goes, this giant mural of a sweet little girl tenderly watering a tree beneath her is a far cry from what you usually see emblazoned across cities .

A professional dancer has embraced her individuality after refusing plastic surgery to remove a giant birthmark on her face .

SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .

This is the moment a puffin delved into the ocean and bit off more than he could chew to collect a beak full of fish .

THIS ONE of a kind experience brings a whole new meaning to the phrase 'a coffee to go' .

LINED up one by one on a deer’s back, these little birds give their wings a break as they catch a ride across London .

A group of otters put on a show of aqua aerobics, as they raise their flippers perfectly in sync .

Diners on this aeroplane are never disappointed with their meal, because the decommissioned aircraft is now home to an air-mazing McDonald’s restaurant .

An American woman whose skin turned silver after using nose drops is warning people of the dangers of medicines containing the metal .

BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .

Pictures of John Anslow a prisoner who escaped from a prison escort van in North Worcestershire Monday, 23 January .