FROM ICE bubbles to boiling lava, these photographs highlight the stunning shapes and patterns found in nature .

A BABY-faced burglar is starting a seven year stretch in custody after being nabbed by a Jaffa Cake .

A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .

A BUMPER season of births has left zoo with three of the cutest exotic kittens you're likely to see .

STARING eagerly into the camera, this little toad is full of curiosity .

FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .

A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .

A woman has revealed how cruel bullies taunted her daily at school, calling her names like 'pig nose' and 'no nose' .

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

A mum-of-three lost half of her body weight after her daughter was teased by playground bullies for having a 'fat mum' .

A Brit photographer has captured one of the world's most camera-shy species of fish - during a game of underwater peek-a-boo .

STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .