An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert. Surrounded by vast desert and distant snow topped mountains, the enormous satellite dishes, dome-shaped buildings and telescopes are run by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) , an intergovernmental body dedicated to observing space. Photographer Alberto Ghizzi Panizza was granted access to several observatory sites.
Bathers on a New Zealand beach stripped naked and took to the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to shatter the record for the world's largest skinny dip .
A six-year-old boy has been left almost blind after a one-in-a-million allergic reaction to antibiotics .
Giancarlo pictured at home during his recovery, wearing his compression garments - A mother-of-three has revealed how her 10-month-old son was severely burnt at nursery .
An adorable red squirrel says goodbye to the summer as he shelters from the rain underneath a small blue umbrella .
An American woman whose skin turned silver after using nose drops is warning people of the dangers of medicines containing the metal .
SITTING quietly at the edge of the lake, these two baby bears watch and learn as the adults hunt for fish .
A young polar bear cub becomes the yogi bear as she stretches off for a morning aerobics session .
A retired foster carer has spent a whopping £48k on her brood of lifelike dolls .
This starling and prairie dog will not back down an inch as they have a fearsome stand-off over who gets to eat a nut .
Hot Air Balloon tour across Cappadocia, Turkey – With the sun rising in the distance and the spectacular landscapes below, these are the breathtaking views afforded from a hot air balloon flight in Turkey .
A woman whose face and body was left scarred for life by angry sores, caused by Lupus, has become a diversity model .
A woman has revealed how she almost died after she developed sepsis from a cold .