Pinning a purple flower into her bleach blonde hair, pretty Ava admired herself in the mirror .

A quiet Himalayan mountain village springs to life for a colourful Buddhist festival designed to expel evil spirits and bring happiness .

BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .

LYING back in the snow, these two polar bears share a cuddle as they call time out on playtime .

FIFTEEEN years after it was closed pictures by a British teacher show the calamity Hong Kong airport that was closed for being too dangerous .

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

FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .

HOTSPOT MEDIA - FUNKY BUMP: FROM MIRROR bellies to rainbow bumps these pregnancy casts of stone and bronze could be the funkiest way to preserve your bump for posterity .

Soldiers standing guard outside the Woolwich barracks in London - Two terror suspects are under armed guard in separate hospitals in London after a serving soldier was hacked to death in the street .

A WIMBLEDON-mad couple will be creating a racket this summer - after installing a TENNIS COURT in their living room .

SLEEPING within touching distance of wild African animals might not be everyone's idea of a relaxing break .

These are the faces of orphans suffering from the horrifying effects of chemical warfare .