An amputee who was cruelly nicknamed 'peg-leg' by school bullies has conquered her insecurities to become a model. Pretty Taylor Crisp, 19, from Leicester, was born with femur fibula ulna syndrome, which left her with a shortened femur on her right leg, no kneecap or ankle and a missing toe. After contracting an infection in her right leg, Taylor was forced to choose between life in a wheelchair or amputation.
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
A middle-aged couple from Somerset have developed a rather unusual hobby to occupy their time: writing to killers on death row .
A woman has revealed how cruel bullies taunted her daily at school, calling her names like 'pig nose' and 'no nose' .
VIBRANT bursts of colour fill the screen as beautiful flowers blossom in these time-lapse videos .
BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .
This starling and prairie dog will not back down an inch as they have a fearsome stand-off over who gets to eat a nut .
Some parents would gasp at the thought of their children playing with a toy gun, but these Russian children are actually encouraged to take up real arms .
POPE MOBBED BY THOUSANDS OF WORSHIPPERS IN RIO - Thousands of worshippers gather to celebrate the Papal visit on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro ,Brazil .
MOUTH OPEN wide, this little stoat appears to be in mid-song as he belts out a tune for his onlookers .
A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .
The gunslingers are long gone and tumbleweeds have taken over at this abandoned American Wild West Theme Park in Cornwall .
Sunny Saap, 27, from Columbia, Missouri, United States, enjoys life with her two boyfriends .