STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .

Oday she is a picture of health - a happy, smiling child, enjoying life to the full .

MEET the real life sleeping beauty - who snoozed for TWO months when a rare sleep disorder took over her life and turned it into a nightmare .

While the various controversies rumble on regarding transport, security issues and overly-officious copyright enforcement, a couple of designers is saying what we're all thinking about the Olympics - and putting it on bags .

SAILING over crystal clear waters, the Bajau people of Malaysia live their lives almost entirely at SEA .

A Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .

A host of websites that are almost twenty years old are collecting a cult following thanks to their retro appeal .

A woman with a rare allergy to water has told how the condition is so severe it prevents her from KISSING her fiance .

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

Meet the human CCTV: a PCSO with a memory for faces so sharp he has apprehended more than 130 suspects in the last year alone with his eagle eyed talents .

Sunny Saap, 27, from Columbia, Missouri, United States, enjoys life with her two boyfriends .

Two dogs who couldn't keep their paws off each other have been united in matrimonial bliss after their owners shelled out $10,000 on a lavish canine wedding ceremony .