AS graffiti goes, this giant mural of a sweet little girl tenderly watering a tree beneath her is a far cry from what you usually see emblazoned across cities .

PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .

THIS is the fascinating abandoned house, complete with mystery portraits and homely items, that has been dubbed - crooked cottage .

Meet mother of four, Jackie Wright, whose bizarre fear means she is terrified of HOLES .

An obese woman has lost 9st after an addiction to junk food left her £1 .

VENTURING into the ocean with self-made spears and nets, the fishermen of Zanzibar put their lives on the line when they catch food for their families .

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

Meet the real life anime girl who looks like a living cartoon character despite never going under the knife .

At first glance it might look like someone has taken their revenge on the makers of those infuriating insurance ads .

An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .

A photographer has travelled the length of the UK capturing lighthouses and their picturesque surroundings .

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