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 .

It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .

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

With their guts spewing and eyes hanging out, these are the cuddly toys children might be reluctant to curl up to .

A woman left disfigured and traumatised by an addiction to lip filler injections has issued a warning to others searching for the perfect pout after the plastic chemicals nearly killed her .

Daniel Blore, 21, of Innage Crescent, Bridgnorth, stabbed his mother three times in the attack on January 11 this year, Stafford Crown Court heard .

DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast .

The rock restaurant, located in Zanzibar – THIS unique restaurant really does boast breath-taking views - as it is perched on a rock in the middle of the sea .

A father-of-one stunned his wife of twenty-five years after revealing his secret love of POLE DANCING .

With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .

THIS incredible shimmer of silver fish mirrors the image of that of an underwater tornado .

Is your cat bored? Do his usual playthings simply not do it for him anymore? Not to worry - there's an app for that .