Marina Afonina, now 51, from Northampton, met Ioan Budea in 2006 .

AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .

A quiet Himalayan mountain village springs to life for a colourful Buddhist festival designed to expel evil spirits and bring happiness .

A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state .

The Royal Mail moggy, who is now facing eviction from the premises – MEET the Royal Mail moggy facing eviction from the sorting room by an ‘elf n’ safety diktat .

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 .

A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .

SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .

LIFTING their heads high and bumping beaks, these aggressive pelicans clash over fish .

A personal trainer who was dumped over a life-changing sleep disorder has finally found love .

The UK's first hotline - and possibly the galaxy's - for people who have been targeted by aliens has opened to the public .

A floating market in Indonesia is bursting with vibrant colours as wooden rowing boats loaded with fruit and vegetables crowd the river .