Primed and ready for action, this collection of striking images from the battlefield could be mistaken for authentic photos taking during World War II .

HMS Ark Royal arrives in the Turkish port of Aliaga at the ship scrapping firm Leyal’s yard .

BLOWING bubbles underwater, this adorable polar bear slides into his tank for a playful dip .

HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .

Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .

A woman with a rare allergy to water has told how the condition is so severe it prevents her from KISSING her fiance .

A woman has spoken of her heartbreak after she was rejected by an adoption agency because of her pregnancy phobia .

BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .

An Australian explorer has travelled the globe with a toy pig, known as Travel Piggy, in search of a missing cuddly companion .

MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .

SHOWING off her best assets for the camera, this cheeky orangutan is in the mood for love, puckering up her lips to blow the biggest kiss she can .

An adorable young fallow deer peers over its shoulder and is greeted by a cheeky jackdaw crow sitting on its back .