An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .

Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .

The rock restaurant, located in Zanzibar – THIS unique restaurant really does boast breath-taking views - as it is perched on a rock in the middle of the sea .

Red squirrels are well known for their intelligence and curiosity but when one snapper caught this furry little guy trying to take his own self-portrait he couldn't help but be taken aback .

A doting seal smiles at her sweet little pup as she tickles its tummy on the beach .

A woman was left shocked after her hunky boyfriend confessed he was actually born a GIRL .

A Game of Thrones obsessed couple have fallen in love after meeting at a comic convention dressed as lovestruck characters Daenerys Targaryen and Khal Drago .

A mum who has hid behind the hair loss condition alopecia for the last 20 years has bravely revealed a secret compulsion to tear out her own hair that has tormented her since she was a child .

A deranged dad beat his girlfriend so savagely in a vicious 30 minute attack that the indent of his sovereign ring was left on her face .

A world's first restaurant has opened in Canada, where having your order fall on deaf ears is a good thing .

A photographer has transformed women with alopecia into stunning sirens - showing that bald is beautiful .

A woman with an irrational fear of toilets goes POTTY on the loo and runs away when she flushes, terrified it will swallow her up .