CCTV captures the moment two boys are rescued from a rising tide and saved by a total stranger. A community effort stops a seal being strangled to death by a rope around its neck.

Dramatic footage shows the moment a teenager falls from a waterfall. On a busy dual carriageway, motorists attempt to rescue a man who has passed out at the wheel of his van.

Friends are rescued from shark-infested seas, petrol station workers save a woman from carjackers, and a couple have just moments to get their toddler out of a car before it sinks.

A badly injured climber is dangling off a cliff and needs to be saved by the Mountain Rescue team. In Wales, a young boy's missing dog is found by a dog rescuer with a drone

A young boy takes the steering wheel to save his mum’s life, and an off-duty fireman and nurse save the life of a fellow tourist who has fallen into a volcanic crater.

A coastguard officer must rescue a paraglider who has crashed into a cliff in Dorset, and a pet dog gets stuck in a water pipe.

CCTV cameras capture the moment three masked men break into a house threatening a man and his wife, and in Australia a diver saves a manta ray caught on a fishing hook. Show more

A climber falls from a cliff in the Lake District and must be rescued by helicopter, a deer gets tangled in a rope in a forest, and in the USA a boat catches fire in a marina.

In the Australian outback, a hiker falls from a waterfall, breaking his ankle and his phone. He has to drag himself three kilometres to a spot where he might be seen by passers-by. Show more

A couple on a mission to save rhinos end up being saved themselves. A policeman saves residents from fire, and a woman ignores warnings and goes into stormy seas, only to be rescued. Show more