A mum-of-two has revealed how she accidentally set her face on fire while lighting a cigarette .

THE THOUGHT OF BECOMING shipwrecked on a remote destination would fill most holidaymakers with dread .

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

A little boy whose brain grew inside his nose has been described as the 'real-life Pinocchio' by his proud mum .

A little clownfish opens its mouth to reveal a blood sucking intruder living on its tongue .

The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .

Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .

This cheeky chappie is getting into all kinds of monkey business as he enjoys cooling off on a scorching hot day .

A woman who was left scarred for life by an acid attack orchestrated by her ex partner has told of her ordeal and her battled to rebuild her life .

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

A six-year-old boy has been left almost blind after a one-in-a-million allergic reaction to antibiotics .

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