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

A photographer has captured spellbinding images of stars swirling above the English countryside .

GETTING behind the camera, this monkey practices his photography skills on his friends .

A deranged dad beat his girlfriend so savagely in a vicious 30 minute attack that the indent of his sovereign ring was left on her face .

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

FROM ICE bubbles to boiling lava, these photographs highlight the stunning shapes and patterns found in nature .

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

A nine year old girl nearly lost her leg after doctors initially misdiagnosed her bone cancer as a pulled muscle .

Something appears to have tickled this baby owl as he seems to be having a real HOOT .

A woman whose face and body was left scarred for life by angry sores, caused by Lupus, has become a diversity model .

WIDE EYED with a huge smile across her face, this little elephant is a picture of happiness .

A British diver has set a new world record for the longest warm water scuba dive by spending a mammoth 49 hours and 56 minutes under water .