MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .

THE THOUGHT OF BECOMING shipwrecked on a remote destination would fill most holidaymakers with dread .

High up in the mountains and thousands of feet off the ground, a party of climbers were in for a shock as they came face to face with this frightening leap of faith .

These are the amazing close up pictures of North Korea's mass games - after photographers were previously banned from taking shots so close to the dazzling formation dances .

LINED up one by one on a deer’s back, these little birds give their wings a break as they catch a ride across London .

SHOWING off her best assets for the camera, this cheeky orangutan is in the mood for love, puckering up her lips to blow the biggest kiss she can .

PILES of trash provide a living for thousands in Nairobi, Kenya .

A teacher has told how she was attacked by a murderer on her way home from a night out but courageously managed to charm him out of strangling her .

FOR TWO memory-impaired parents their new-born baby Cian is a living timekeeper .

A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .

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

An intrepid explorer hopes to be reunited with his travel partner, after his cuddly toy companion was stolen .