With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .

An owl swoops through the air before making an unorthodox landing - right on top of an unsuspecting man's head .

A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .

DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .

A little boy was left fighting for his life in hospital after a horrific allergic reaction to epilepsy medication made his skin fall off in chunks .

TUGGING at his exhausted mum's ears, a beautiful baby orangutan refuses to settle for a nap as he begins a game of peek-a-boo .

More weather chaos is heading our way, with ice and snow already hitting areas across Birmingham .

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 .

Is your cat bored? Do his usual playthings simply not do it for him anymore? Not to worry - there's an app for that .

With the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .

A WIMBLEDON-mad couple will be creating a racket this summer - after installing a TENNIS COURT in their living room .

Meet the world's most lifelike Disney princess - a 21-year-old man from California .