AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .

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

STRETCHING his little legs in the air, a smiley leaf-tailed gecko breaks free from his old, scaly skin .

Southern England, the south-west and west Wales have been warned to expect more wild weather, with heavy rain and high tides possibly leading to coastal flooding and travel disruption over the weekend .

This is the crazy art project that is going ballistic - placing a huge squishy 15ft red ball into tight spaces .

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

A nine year old girl nearly lost her leg after doctors initially misdiagnosed her bone cancer as a pulled muscle .

Growing up, Jasmine Price, now four, loved watching her older sister, Mia Price, now 10, compete in beauty pageants .

FOR most restaurateurs, the phrase ‘the customer is always right’ is gospel .

PUCKERING up and enjoying some quality time, these are the most lovable monkeys on the planet .

A GLOWING range of greens and blues sweep across the sky in a spectacular display of light .

A group of whale sharks gather to feed underneath a fisherman’s boat off the coast of Papua, Indonesia .