Pint- size Maci Winters only has one wish this Christmas - to be as tall as the other boys and girls on the school playground. Wearing her leopard print skirt and sparkly pink tights, six year-old Maci's big personality still commands the room- despite the 18-24 months label. The tiny school girl stands at just 99cm tall and weighs less than two stone - the same size as a toddler. Maci, from Pontefract, West Yorkshire, suffers from a rare genetic condition called Russell-Silver Syndrome, a form of primordial dwarfism that affects 1 in 100,000 babies.
As sunlight cascades through its vibrant stained glass windows, every inch of the Nasir-ol-Mulk Mosque bursts with colour .
CLINGING onto nothing but ice, this brave climber reaches heights of 1000 FEET as he scales frozen solid waterfalls .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
Pouncing down on top of his twin brother, these two snow leopard cubs practice their kung-fu moves .
TOWERING 65 metres into the sky, this terrifying accent is a dream for climbers .
RECORD BREAKING GRAN'S COLLECTION OF NEARLY 800 SHEEP HOTSPOT MEDIA – WITH PICS 0121 551 1004 By Katie Thompson A record-breaking baa-rmy gran with a love for sheep has amassed a collection of nearly 800 woolly wonders .
An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .
A young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .
A woman has spoken of her heartbreak after she was rejected by an adoption agency because of her pregnancy phobia .
A photographer has captured stunning photographs of the Milky Way above picturesque landscapes in the UK and Italy .