NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013 .

THIS is the moment one irritated pelican nearly swallows the entire head of his unlucky competitor .

She is about to start driving and soon will be able to legally buy alcohol and get married, but Poppy Webb-Jones still looks and thinks like a ten-year-old girl .

A photographer has captured spellbinding images of stars swirling above the English countryside .

This is the moment a puffin delved into the ocean and bit off more than he could chew to collect a beak full of fish .

RACING through the mountain range on horseback, the Kazakh people practice their ancient tradition of hunting with golden eagles .

A first-time mum has told how she was allergic to her unborn baby after she developed an angry red rash all over her body .

CONTRACT CANCELLED - DO NOT SYNDICATE!! .

A little boy whose brain grew inside his nose has been described as the 'real-life Pinocchio' by his proud mum .

A medical student has gone from chunky to hunky after being dumped by his ex- girlfriend for being too 'chubby' .

A SPECTRUM of colours fills the sky during this spectacular and natural display of light .

While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .