A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .

At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .

AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .

A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .

This may look like a monster car engine that will leave petrol heads in a spin, but it is in fact a rather snazzy looking COFFEE MACHINE .

PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .

A young woman who once weighed the same as 12-year-old girl has told how a severely malnourished cat helped save her life and beat her anorexia .

CAUSING a splash, this determined kingfisher goes hunting for dinner .

A teenager has beaten anorexia after becoming so ill that her mum planned her funeral .

With blue waves tumbling over them, these surfers glide underneath a tunnel of water .

A BLIND school-girl whose growth has been stunted by a rare medical condition is finding her feet again with the help of a specially made mini-cane .

A mum-of-two has worn the same t-shirt for an entire year to raise awareness of a 1 in 7 million condition that prevents her daughter from talking .