An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .

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

Lying angelically with a range of expressions etched on their tiny faces, little bundles of joy are innocently captured in their first few days in these adorable photographs .

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

Fetching a tiny carrot and a head-shaped snowball, a red squirrel builds the perfect snowman .

ESCAPING A LANDFILL FUTURE, these amazing science fiction inspired sculptures are made from everyday objects .

Meet the real life princess who has spent £10k transforming herself into nine Disney beauties .

STANDING on its hind legs, a nosey polar bear presses its paws against the window of a truck and takes a peek at the tourist inside .

HIDING behind its flipper, this little seal comes over a little camera shy .

A young mum has told how a phantom pregnancy almost destroyed her dream of having a second child .

A woman whose face and body was left scarred for life by angry sores, caused by Lupus, has become a diversity model .

With the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .