A quiet Himalayan mountain village springs to life for a colourful Buddhist festival designed to expel evil spirits and bring happiness .

A woman who was addicted to GREGGS has lost 9st after giving up her favourite food .

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

HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .

Thousands of people are gathering at a stadium in Johannesburg for a memorial service for Nelson Mandela .

INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .

WIDE EYED with a huge smile across her face, this little elephant is a picture of happiness .

Full of tired and busy commuters, these underground stations are rarely admired for their architecture or beauty .

AN ANOREXIC dental nurse whose weight plummeted to less than four stone has won her NHS fight for more treatment .

A KITTEN'S teaparty and rat's playing dominoes are the bizarre creations by one of Britain's great eccentrics pictured in an incredible new book .

HEARTWARMING belongings lie abandoned in this eerie former dairy farm which has been left to crumble away for decades .

A psychology student from California looks so much like Game of Thrones' Jon Snow that he is mobbed by fans of the fantasy show .