A couple have got engaged after the bride-to-be’s boyfriend set her a Facebook ‘likes’ challenge .

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 .

A teenage girl nicknamed 'spotty dog' by school bullies has embraced the hundreds of birthmarks that cover her entire face and body .

The UK's first hotline - and possibly the galaxy's - for people who have been targeted by aliens has opened to the public .

A woman with a rare condition that means she collapses every time she laughs fears she may have passed the rare illness onto her young son .

Lauren Kilgariff, 29, was with husband, Shaun, 31, for four years .

WITHOUT A care in the world, this little snow monkey puts his feet up and settles in for a snooze .

RESTING his weary head on his flipper, this little seal pup takes a much needed nap after an afternoon of strenuous yoga .

A British diver has set a new world record for the longest warm water scuba dive by spending a mammoth 49 hours and 56 minutes under water .

BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .

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

USUALLY full to bursting, these London Underground stations stand silent and completely commuter free .