A nine year old girl nearly lost her leg after doctors initially misdiagnosed her bone cancer as a pulled muscle .

WITHOUT a care in the world, this little chimpanzee shows off her gymnastic skills as she swings around her enclosure .

Ever wished you could live in a house just like Barbie's? Canadian sculptor Heather Benning has created the life-size dollhouse of her dreams out a derelict building .

Magical photos of your baby smiling for the first time are a priceless treasure for many a proud parent .

WELCOME to the 125 decibel boombox bus that could damage your hearing if you party too close to its giant speakers .

IN a galaxy far, far away, this collection of stunning interstellar formations will leave you STARSTRUCK .

SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .

These are the fascinating pictures of miniature table sculptures molded around bonsai trees that take up to a painstaking 18 months to create .

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

COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .

She is about to start driving and soon will be able to legally buy alcohol and get married, but Poppy Webb-Jones still looks and thinks like a ten-year-old girl .

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 .