This tranquil setting stretches for miles as the sun sets behind the mountain .

Pint- size Maci Winters only has one wish this Christmas - to be as tall as the other boys and girls on the school playground .

FOR most people, spending a night locked up in a cell would be undesirable .

VENTURING into the ocean with self-made spears and nets, the fishermen of Zanzibar put their lives on the line when they catch food for their families .

The sun is finally out, bringing a smile to many people’s faces – including this cute little dormouse’s! Grinning from ear to ear, this tiny dormouse appears to have been tickled by something as it clambered up this flower, basking in the sunshine, whilst having a little laugh to himself .

SAT ON top of a Brazilian turtle’s head, this little ladybird looks content as he studies his environment from a new height .

A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .

TUGGING at his exhausted mum's ears, a beautiful baby orangutan refuses to settle for a nap as he begins a game of peek-a-boo .

A woman who starved herself to look like Cheryl Cole has told how she shrunk to just under 5st 13lbs after developing anorexia .

ROLLING up snow in its tiny paws, this little squirrel is looking for a snowball fight .

An artist has transformed traditional Thanksgiving dinners into mini-masterpieces .

LYING back in the snow, these two polar bears share a cuddle as they call time out on playtime .