An elegant snowy owl spreads her wings and glides effortlessly above the snow covered field .

A woman has shed half her body weight after undergoing a gastric sleeve op to shrink her stomach .

A woman who suffered from an allergic reaction to hair dye that made her face swell to twice its size has been left too scared to leave the house .

A pair of bank myna birds fight it out in front of their ladies .

The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .

SLEEPING within touching distance of wild African animals might not be everyone's idea of a relaxing break .

SAT ON top of a Brazilian turtle’s head, this little ladybird looks content as he studies his environment from a new height .

A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .

BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .

A former cosmetic rep who swapped make-up for a career as a Marilyn Monroe lookalike has pocketed a staggering $4million (£2,630,000) as a full-time doppelgänger .

An Italian photographer travelled to the highlands of New Guinea where he met an Indonesian tribe untouched by the modern world .

Meet the real-life Little Bo Peep - a young woman who spends her days tending to her four pet SHEEP .