A former soldier who bravely took on penny-pinching NHS bosses in his fight against terminal cancer has died, aged 37 .

CHUCKLING away, this little seal appears to find something hilarious .

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

A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs .

A teacher has told how she was attacked by a murderer on her way home from a night out but courageously managed to charm him out of strangling her .

A prolific drug dealer was caught red-handed in a car filled with amphetamines after he decided to park in a top copper's parking space - as a joke .

High up in the mountains and thousands of feet off the ground, a party of climbers were in for a shock as they came face to face with this frightening leap of faith .

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

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

GIANT garden sculptures don't beat about the bush .

Some will get up close and personal with Mother Nature’s deadliest animals to get the perfect shot, posing the question, what lengths will a photographer go to for that all important picture? But in this case, the question should be what depths .

An intrepid explorer hopes to be reunited with his travel partner, after his cuddly toy companion was stolen .