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.
A Canadian woman who is obsessed with all things mythical has had her ears cut and shaped to look like an ELF .
SNUGGLED up in the hay away from the elements, this adorable hoglet has sought solace with a familiar friend .
FEAST your eyes on the £500K coin-covered Range Rover that could be the world’s most blinged-out car .
A former soldier who bravely took on penny-pinching NHS bosses in his fight against terminal cancer has died, aged 37 .
LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .
SOARING at 112 miles per hour through the air, this petite blonde certainly lives up to her title as the fastest flying woman in the world .
A little boy aged FIVE bravely delivered his newborn brother - then promptly saved his life .
WITH their robotic movements and pristine uniforms, these are the sexy traffic girls of North Korea that are becoming iconic figures in the secretive state .
A woman has revealed how she left her husband of 24 years, after falling in love with a man, 18 years her junior .
Brave Amy, 18, has waived her anonymity to tell how she jailed rapist Philip Sims-Neighbour, 37, of Hylton Road, Worcester .
A stunning ice cave in Iceland is illuminated by sunlight as the bright blue ice appears glow inside .
COVERING themselves in ash and face paint, these are the holy men who live their lives away from everyday society .