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AS the death toll of Mexican migrants crossing over into the US continues to increase locals are helping out with the effort to track down relatives of the deceased

AN INSPIRATIONAL man has defied the odds by becoming a professional tailor - despite having no arms

WACKY artist M. Narahari has become renowned for his unique portraits – painted on his own especially grown FINGERNAILS

THREE vintage aircraft have undertaken a daredevil ten-day voyage from Scotland to Canada via the Arctic Circle

DESPITE a population of 924,600 Myanmar’s capital Naypyidaw is commonly called the ‘Ghost City'

KNOWN for its vintage cars, going to Cuba is like travelling through a time-warp into 1960’s America

ENORMOUS structures of steel, concrete and glass tower over you in these photographs taken in Hong Kong

An Indian man has become a local celebrity – because he’s 50 years old and only 29 inches tall

A HOARDER who hadn’t seen her floor in four years has called in Britain’s most extreme cleaners

WHILST some people have art on the walls of their house, Steffen Modrach’s entire house is a work of art

Every year, hundreds of migrant workers from all parts of India travel to the capital city, New Delhi to find work

WITH green pastures, calming lakes and not a skyscraper in sight, this is the lesser-known side of North Korea

UNACCOMPANIED children are fleeing violent attacks in South Sudan, travelling by themselves to refugee camps in Uganda

CHILDREN as young as nine have been found working shifts up to 18 hours long at a fabric workshop in Dhaka, Bangladesh for just £1 a day

DELHI is home to around a million rickshaw pullers who transport people and heavy loads from one place to another

OVER 30 years after the nuclear disaster of Chernobyl, the city of Pripyat is exactly as it was the day it was evacuated

NEW DELHI faces a huge gap between the demand and supply of the water within the city as the ground water resources are near-exhaustion

A BELGIAN street artist has painted a giant mural in Buenos Aires, Argentina to celebrate International Day for Biological Diversity

A PHOTOGRAPHER spent over a year documenting the day-to-day life of a Syrian asylum seeker living in a refugee camp

UNDERNEATH the ancient city of Istanbul is a cathedral-sized secret which the tourists rarely see

AN increase in the construction of skyscrapers is causing concern over land subsidence in Jakarta

THE HORN of Africa is suffering its worst drought in decades, causing devastating effects to the people and their livestock

TEAMS of fishermen gather together for the catch of the day as thousands of sardines migrate from the Indian Ocean to the African coast

IN the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka, thousands of children live on the streets and work in life threatening conditions in order to survive

DEVOTED Buddhists enter feverish trances as they recharge the 'magical protection' of their sacred tattoos

THE indigenous population of Papua are battling against an HIV epidemic that has ravaged the small Indonesian province

SIGNS emblazoned ‘Future Internment Camps' have been cropping up at various constructions sites around cities in the US

Sixty years since the Collyweston mine was shut down, workers have begun mining the slate once again to repair the roofs of the old cottages and pubs in the small Northamptonshire village

OFFICIALLY known to the government as the 'third gender', the hijras are a tight-knit community of transgender individuals in Pakistan, India and Bangladesh

BURIGANGA river in Dhaka city is one of the world’s most polluted rivers due to the dumping of industrial and human waste

JOIN thousands of Buddhists as they celebrate Magha Puja Day with 100,000 candles and collective meditation

A MODERN pro-life church who believe that women should get the death penalty for intentionally aborting their babies are looking to change the face of the anti-abortion movement in the US.

A PRO-GUN campaigner says he can cut inner-city violence in cities like Chicago - by giving them greater access to legal firearms and knowledge

BUILT in the late 19th century, this 120-year-old abandoned factory in Kashmir was once the world’s largest silk factory

THE brutal reality of war is laid bare in these haunting photos from the frontline of the liberation of East Mosul

YOUNG inner-city boys are being pulled away from the lure of crime and drugs by learning how to act and dress like dapper gentlemen

ONCE the largest saltwater lake in the Middle East, and sixth largest in the world, Lake Urmia in Iran has now shrunk to less than ten percent of its former size 20 years ago

IN a thin strip, wedged between Tajikistan and Pakistan, there is a precarious peace where the Taliban has struggled to impose their rule

BASED in a refurbished shipping container underneath a flyover, India’s first 'signal school' is offering fresh hope to Mumbai’s street children

THOUSANDS of homeless families in Delhi have turned the open spaces under flyovers into their homes

A MOTHER of conjoined twins is facing an agonising wait to find out whether her baby girls can be separated

AN E-WASTE market in New Delhi holds the largest collection of electronic scrap in India

A MUM-OF-TWO has said that having sex outside of her marriage makes her a BETTER mother

WHILE the common perception of the Syrian refugee camps is of dreary places devoid of hope, a photographer has set out to show the other side of the migrant experience

IN THE ancient Lhasa City surrounding the Jokhang Temple, Tibet, Buddhists of all ages lie face down, bodies outstretched, to express their devotion to their faith

WATCHING films in 3D can make children ‘smarter’ in the short term, according to the latest research.

AN INDIAN couple are celebrating the arrival of their first child – despite both being in their SEVENTIES

MADRID warmly welcomed 3,000 Chinese tourists on a company holiday worth an estimated €20 million - booking out over 2,000 hotel rooms and hiring a fleet of 80 coaches

A MOTHER-OF-FOUR who overcame cancer is now hunting America’s most dangerous criminals - to pay off an $800,000 medical debt

SOCIAL media and smartphones are transforming Iranian women's culture and fashion

A FIVE-YEAR-OLD boy weighing more than 12 STONE is so large he risks being suffocated by his own bulk

UP TO two million people in Malawi are at risk of starvation due to an ongoing drought, according to the Malawian government

THE only noise heard at Asia’s largest scrapyard is the sound of hammering

AN ORPHANED orangutan who was illegally taken from her mother in the wild has found a new home at a pre-school set up for rescued orangutans

A MUM who believes the Zika virus may have caused her son’s microcephaly is campaigning to help victims of the outbreak

THE Raute people of mid- and far-west Nepal live a nomadic existence, surviving on a diet of monkey meat and forest vegetables and trading woodcrafts to make a living

WHEELCHAIR bodybuilders have spoken of their joy at finally competing on the stage made famous by Arnold Schwarzenegger

WITH a stern expression this huge male orangutan stares out from behind bars in the cage where he lives

INCREDIBLE pictures of the lost world of the Omo Valley tribes allow a glimpse into one of the most remote and beautiful parts of the world

PRISON inmates dust off their jazz hands for a mass dance routine - wearing their orange jumpsuits

THIS over-the-top family contains some of the world’s greatest arm-wrestlers

DARING tuk tuk drivers swapped weary tourists for polo mallets to battle it out in their vehicles for a £2,000 prize

THREE female orangutans were killed in a land fire near a protected forest in Bontang City, East Kalimantan

IS THIS the world’s most dangerous school run?

FEARLESS Ellie Farmer proves age is nothing but a number as she scales walls as high as 30ft - despite being only TWO years old

AN INDONESIAN man known as “tree man” due to the scaly warts covering his body has passed away after a long battle with illness

A 68-YEAR-OLD performs yoga poses on a BMX bike - while suspended over a deadly 300 foot drop

CHILDREN as young as ten operate heavy machinery unaided, their faces, chest and arms smeared silver from aluminium dust

THEY are a staple for police officers across America - but this ultra-luxury GOLD doughnut would be more suited to royalty

THOUSANDS of men and women toil in a sea of dried fish in a Bangladeshi coastal port town

A COWARDLY lion climbing a tree to escape a herd of buffalo, a Brazilian bodybuilder who injected himself with oil to look like the Incredible Hulk and a man abseiling into a lava lake are just some of the incredible images that feature in Barcroft Media's 2015 end of year round-up

MORE than 74 years after it was sunk by German bombers, the shipwreck of a British merchant navy vessel is one the most famous diving spots in the world

THESE stark photos show the backbreaking conditions endured by workers in a Bangladeshi brick-making field

MEET the villagers at the frontline of climate change - whose island home is being engulfed by the sea

THERE must be something in the water in the Indian state of Punjab, where these bizarre creations are a common sight

AN INTREPID photographer who previously documented Cardiff's no-holds-barred nightlife has turned his attentions to the nocturnal hustle-and-bustle of Bangkok

A MORBIDLY obese toddler tips the scales at 3st 11lbs (53lbs) - making her one of the heaviest girls in the world for her age

DESPITE Old Delhi's infamous traffic congestion and heavily polluted air, the walled city keeps a sweet-smelling secret within its blanket of smog

MEET Ace the elite protection dog - who can jump through second-storey windows to take down armed intruders

MEET the medicinal Robin Hood of India who collects unused medicines to treat the poor

MAGNIFICENT hunting eagles soar through the skies of Western Mongolia in a spectacular show of their predatory talents

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT - A GIANT tumour weighing 55kg (121lbs) was removed from a 26-year-old Indian man after leaving him bed-ridden for the past three years

A BIG-HEARTED bird lover has been feeding thousands of wild parakeets twice a day for 10 years - from the comfort of his own home

A WALL of cricket bat willows rises high into the air outside a bat factory in Indian administered Kashmir

A RETIRED aircraft engineer is offering impoverished Indians the chance to fulfil their dreams of air travel for only $1

A GROUP of acid attack survivors are baring their scarred faces to empower other abused women

A GOOD Samaritan saves a flood victim from drowning after dragging him from his sinking vehicle

MEET the women who endure hazardous conditions to turn coal into sweet-smelling incense

UNDERGROUND bare-knuckle boxers are hoping their bloody sport will soon become a mainstream, multi-billion dollar industry

THESE exclusive behind-the-scenes pictures show the training base that will be used by England during next year's European Championships