IN a galaxy not so far away lies a magical display of lights that could be the latest image from NASA .

A pair of chicks bravely decided to befriend a python, despite being the snake's favourite choice of food .

A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .

Tina O’Brien, 54, from East Midlands, met Frederick Allchorne, now 62, when she was 15 .

Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .

Hot on the heels of a little rabbit, this cheetah is on a mission to catch his prey .

Fishermen in Myanmar have perfected an unusual fishing technique by carefully balancing on one leg .

A KITTEN'S teaparty and rat's playing dominoes are the bizarre creations by one of Britain's great eccentrics pictured in an incredible new book .

A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .

THIS UNUSUAL collaboration between a mother and her two-year-old daughter makes for some stunning works of art .

AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .

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