WITH A STERN look of determination on their faces, these adorable pooches perfect their doggy paddle as they dive head first into a swimming pool .

With the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .

One sheepdog is taking a well-deserved rest after giving birth to a whole WHEELBARROW-FUL of puppies .

SURROUNDED by a snowstorm, these young polar bears battle the elements - as well as each other .

For years Jeorgia Woodd, 30, abused her body, having succumbed to a condition known as 'diabulimia' .

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 .

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With an abandoned tricycle sitting in an empty corridor, this derelict but once grand mansion could be the setting for The Shining .

A BUMPER season of births has left zoo with three of the cutest exotic kittens you're likely to see .

A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .

WENDY Randall, 16, from Kent is now training to be a bodybuilder after recovering from anorexia .

A mother has spoken of her outrage after discovering her missing cat had been stolen - only to be told she cannot have its location due to the Data Protection Act .