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.
A Crohn's sufferer has told of her humiliation after she soiled herself when a Co-op staff member reportedly refused to let her use the toilet .
This is the crazy art project that is going ballistic - placing a huge squishy 15ft red ball into tight spaces .
A group of otters put on a show of aqua aerobics, as they raise their flippers perfectly in sync .
Pint- size Maci Winters only has one wish this Christmas - to be as tall as the other boys and girls on the school playground .
The view from this rooftop pool is sure to make most holidaymakers envious .
SURROUNDED by tens of thousands of fish, this outnumbered diver is dwarfed by a mass of sea life .
A woman with a rare condition that means she collapses every time she laughs fears she may have passed the rare illness onto her young son .
LIFTING their heads high and bumping beaks, these aggressive pelicans clash over fish .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
An adorable little squirrel wakes from a nap and pops out his tongue for the camera .
With one hand rested on his belly and the other propping his head up, this lazy lizard takes an afternoon break .