A mum who has hid behind the hair loss condition alopecia for the last 20 years has bravely revealed a secret compulsion to tear out her own hair that has tormented her since she was a child .

THIS may look like a dolphin through jumping hoops, but it is in fact nothing more than a clever 3D pencil drawing .

A pair of bank myna birds fight it out in front of their ladies .

SAILING over crystal clear waters, the Bajau people of Malaysia live their lives almost entirely at SEA .

A diving mad couple have finally taken the plunge, having tied the knot 30ft underwater .

A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .

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

PAWS for thought as you feast your eyes on this rare bear bathing session .

A university graduate who was obsessed with achieving a thigh gap has told how she shrunk to just 6st after developing anorexia athletica .

A man who spent 30 minutes impaled on iron railings after attempting to scale an 8ft fence has told of his agonising ordeal - and how he suffered a similar mishap as a child .

INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .

Complete with core, mantle and crust, these incredible planet cakes are truly out of this world .