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

A skydiver cheated death after plunging 13,000 feet without his parachute opening but survived after landing in a bog .

Going for long rides through vast fields together, this twosome share an unbreakable bond .

HMS Ark Royal arrives in the Turkish port of Aliaga at the ship scrapping firm Leyal’s yard .

With blue waves tumbling over them, these surfers glide underneath a tunnel of water .

A reformed boozer, who spent nine months partying in Magaluf, has shed over 6 stone after ditching her ladette lifestyle to become a fitness fanatic .

THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .

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 .

SURROUNDED by tens of thousands of fish, this outnumbered diver is dwarfed by a mass of sea life .

A group of otters put on a show of aqua aerobics, as they raise their flippers perfectly in sync .

DANCE guru Matt Howes leaves crowds in a spin when he gets behind the decks - as the world's only one-armed professional DJ .

Amanda Bohm, 22, and her mum, Janet, 58, were the best of friends .