A woman has shed half her body weight after undergoing a gastric sleeve op to shrink her stomach .

From giant mountains to vast deserts, an American photographer spent a year capturing the diverse and beautiful landscape of the United States .

A young girl has been forced to stay indoors this winter because a rare allergy to the cold could kill her .

The lighthouses of Brittany, from Brest to Le Conquet, stand tall on France’s north-western coast against stunning scenery .

ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .

AS graffiti goes, this giant mural of a sweet little girl tenderly watering a tree beneath her is a far cry from what you usually see emblazoned across cities .

A SPECTRUM of colours fills the sky during this spectacular and natural display of light .

A shoe designer from London has spent a whopping £30,000 on Hello Kitty memorabilia .

An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .

A mother-of-one has told how she nearly died after contracting toxic shock syndrome from a tampon .

FEAST your eyes on the £500K coin-covered Range Rover that could be the world’s most blinged-out car .

It’s a role reversal in the Visayan Sea as HUNDREDS of tiny, glistening eggs are carried around inside the mouth of their cardinalfish father .