STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .

BASKING in smug satisfaction, a confident squirrel gives a wink to the camera .

A university graduate who was obsessed with achieving a thigh gap has told how she shrunk to just 6st after developing anorexia athletica .

A former obese woman has told how she lost 19st, but was so terrified of gaining weight that she ended up developing an eating disorder .

A young mum has told how a phantom pregnancy almost destroyed her dream of having a second child .

THIS may look like a dolphin through jumping hoops, but it is in fact nothing more than a clever 3D pencil drawing .

ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another .

A mother-of-four has revealed how her daughter tragically took her own life after being subjected to horrific abuse at the hands of her ex-partner .

HEARTWARMING belongings lie abandoned in this eerie former dairy farm which has been left to crumble away for decades .

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

These are the amazing close up pictures of North Korea's mass games - after photographers were previously banned from taking shots so close to the dazzling formation dances .

A Romanian woman is celebrating her new job as a knife-thrower’s assistant after leaving her family behind to move to the UK .