From the crisp, snow clad mountains to vivid bright blue rivers, these breath-taking photographs capture the incredible beauty of various landscapes across France and Italy .

Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .

CRAZY BEARDS come into their GROWN when they've been twisted and waxed into shape .

HMS Ark Royal arrives in the Turkish port of Aliaga at the ship scrapping firm Leyal’s yard .

Pinning a purple flower into her bleach blonde hair, pretty Ava admired herself in the mirror .

A woman has spoken of her heartbreak after she was rejected by an adoption agency because of her pregnancy phobia .

This cheeky macaque gets up close and personal as he examines the dental hygiene of his fellow primate .

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

A BLIND school-girl whose growth has been stunted by a rare medical condition is finding her feet again with the help of a specially made mini-cane .

Here's a collection of art for the DIGIT-AL age as these fascinating illusions of landmarks, places and even a banana are made using just a pair of hands .

When Kylie Holgate discovered her fiancé was having an affair, her world came crashing down .

WITH the phosphorescent blobs and mesmerising patterns, these spectacular images may look like the hall marks of an enchanted forest but it is in fact the scene of thousands of dancing FIREFLIES .