With blue waves tumbling over them, these surfers glide underneath a tunnel of water .

WITH the phosphorescent blobs and mesmerising patterns, these spectacular images may look like the hall marks of an enchanted forest but it is in fact the scene of thousands of dancing FIREFLIES .

Exibiting their superhuman strength these ants look ready to create an art attack by lifting pencils several thousand times their own weight .

HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .

Gabrielle Dale, 26, was subjected to seven years of coercive control and physical abuse at the hands of her violent boyfriend Sean Owen, 29 .

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

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 .

AN expectant mum suffered crippling contractions lasting a gruelling two months, due to complications from a rare condition .

An adorable young fallow deer peers over its shoulder and is greeted by a cheeky jackdaw crow sitting on its back .

Animal rescue volunteers have told how a cat riddled with cancer was forced to ripped off its own ears after it was abandoned by its owners .

A former waitress who quit serving tables to become a professional Britney lookalike has told how her incredible likeness has earned her £300,000 as a full time doppelganger .

A mother has spoken of her outrage after discovering her missing cat had been stolen - only to be told she cannot have its location due to the Data Protection Act .