As sunlight cascades through its vibrant stained glass windows, every inch of the Nasir-ol-Mulk Mosque bursts with colour .

Pint- size Maci Winters only has one wish this Christmas - to be as tall as the other boys and girls on the school playground .

TUGGING on the wing of his sibling, this needy owl is after some attention .

A woman with an irrational fear of toilets goes POTTY on the loo and runs away when she flushes, terrified it will swallow her up .

A teenager has beaten anorexia after becoming so ill that her mum planned her funeral .

A grand 56-bedroom hotel, once heaving with injured soldiers during the First World War, now lies completely abandoned .

T least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .

THIS is the incredible moment a pelican throws a fish into the air and SLAM DUNKS it into its enormous throat sack .

The sun is finally out, bringing a smile to many people’s faces – including this cute little dormouse’s! Grinning from ear to ear, this tiny dormouse appears to have been tickled by something as it clambered up this flower, basking in the sunshine, whilst having a little laugh to himself .

Meet the Victorian gentleman who could not face sitting next to smelly commuters on the bus - so he dodges danger to go to work on a penny farthing .

A CHEEKY snail fancies his chances at getting a free ride on a sunny afternoon .

FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .