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

POWERFUL bolts of lightning illuminate the night sky in an incredible autumn storm over the Sardinian coastline .

A woman who left a fellow nightclubber needing plastic surgery after savagely biting her on the hand because she was hungry, has been spared prison .

Popping impressive moves despite high-wiring at three THOUSAND feet .

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

A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .

Lying angelically with a range of expressions etched on their tiny faces, little bundles of joy are innocently captured in their first few days in these adorable photographs .

A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .

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

A woman has revealed how she left her husband of 24 years, after falling in love with a man, 18 years her junior .

SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .

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 .