HIDING behind its flipper, this little seal comes over a little camera shy .

FROM KISSING an alligator on the nose to walking over broken glass, this fearless daredevil is a real life female JACKASS .

The mother of a young woman stabbed 26 times by her ex-partner for having a secret abortion has told how her daughter was cruelly betrayed by her own social worker .

WITHOUT A care in the world, this little snow monkey puts his feet up and settles in for a snooze .

HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .

This tranquil setting stretches for miles as the sun sets behind the mountain .

A young woman has told how she has been robbed of her fertility and now faces an uncertain future after she was diagnosed with cervical cancer at the age of just 22 .

A TEN-THOUSAND square foot wide Avatar-style grove is such a beauty it will leave you feeling VINE .

A BEAUTIFUL sight for the eyes and the imagination, these liquid sculptures take shape in many different colours and formations .

AIRPORT staff have been put on alert after diet pills that come in grenade shaped containers sparked security alerts .

T least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .

WHETHER FLOATING through space or diving underwater, a lucky baby boy enjoys once in a life time experiences - in his DREAMS .