ROLLING across a 65-metre-high viaduct in the Alps, the red carriages of the Bernina Express add a splash of colour to the spectacular snow-covered Swiss surroundings .

A carefree bear cub reclines in the water with his feet raised in the air .

These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .

FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .

Standing on the edge of a never-ending black hole, this is one leap you wouldn't want to make .

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

A care worker who broke her spine after jumping from a window to escape a sex attack at the hands of a resident has called for tougher safety measures to protect care staff .

Two people have been arrested after a man and woman were shot dead at a house in the Midlands in the early hours of this morning .

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

WEARING tiny Christmas accessories, these adorable babies get into the spirit of the season .

From the tails of fighter planes to black and white checked buildings, graveyards take different and unusual forms around the world .

FOR most people, spending a night locked up in a cell would be undesirable .