If you tune into primetime coverage of the 2012 Olympic Games, you’re most likely going to see London’s new Aquatic Center from many angles as athletes from all around the globe compete for the top spot on the podium .

FROM ICE bubbles to boiling lava, these photographs highlight the stunning shapes and patterns found in nature .

A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .

WELCOME to the Temple of Zoom where you can “experience” sliding down a Mayan temple into shark infested waters .

A five-week-old newborn from Fife has become the UK’s youngest beauty pageant baby .

Scurrying along the branch of a tree, a little squirrel pushes a pram packed full of Easter treats .

A woman who starved herself to look like Cheryl Cole has told how she shrunk to just under 5st 13lbs after developing anorexia .

SOARING at 112 miles per hour through the air, this petite blonde certainly lives up to her title as the fastest flying woman in the world .

THROWING himself off 1,100ft bridges in a wheelchair, this is the PARALYSED base jumper who knows no fear .

A former food addict who had spent her whole life dreaming of romance shed an astonishing 12st 7lbs to experience love for the first time .

CAMPED out in the middle of a forest, these unusual hut hotels take you back to basics .

Full of tired and busy commuters, these underground stations are rarely admired for their architecture or beauty .