BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .

A former soldier who bravely took on penny-pinching NHS bosses in his fight against terminal cancer has died, aged 37 .

A lazy tree frog, tired of hopping along a branch, chooses the slowest form of transport when it jumps on top of an unsuspecting snail .

A SPECTACULAR array of stars fills the night sky as they soar over this active volcano .

An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .

A group of shelter dogs showcase their loveable personalities in a series of passport-style photographs - in the hope of finding their forever homes .

PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .

A young woman who once weighed the same as 12-year-old girl has told how a severely malnourished cat helped save her life and beat her anorexia .

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

A family who were refused the location of their missing cat under the Data Protection Act have been reunited with their moggie after the keepers handed him back .

With an abandoned tricycle sitting in an empty corridor, this derelict but once grand mansion could be the setting for The Shining .

She was recently named Best Dressed Woman in a new list and is regarded as one of the most stylish women in the world .