A photographer from the United Arab Emirates travelled to Pakistan where he captured the lives of local people in a series of expressive portraits .

It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .

WOMB STROKE SURVIVOR AMAZES DOCS BY TAKING FIRST STEPS - A little girl who suffered a catastrophic stroke in the womb which would have killed an adult has stunned the medical world by learning to walk, talk and see .

BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .

DIPPING his head into the vase of water, this little squirrel takes a refreshing break from an afternoon of eating .

A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .

A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .

THIS cheeky gorilla tries his best to wriggle free from his mum .

THESE kaleidoscopic-like photographs capture England’s churches and cathedrals in all their glory .

A young polar bear cub becomes the yogi bear as she stretches off for a morning aerobics session .

A Gary Barlow superfan has lost an incredible 11st after a selfie with the pop star left her horrified by her 22st 9lb figure .

A diver attempts to control rising numbers of lionfish by feeding the venomous species to Caribbean reef sharks .