Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .

MOUTH OPEN wide, this little stoat appears to be in mid-song as he belts out a tune for his onlookers .

A little girl who lost all four limbs to meningitis has taken her first steps since the illness thanks to her new 'Princess legs' .

BALANCING on top of a tree, this bear cub puts her climbing skills to the test .

WELCOME to the 750-foot deep rainbow cave that leaves visitors bewildered by its multi-coloured mood lighting .

An Australian beach is illuminated by an enticing neon blue glow as a rare phenomenon lights up the water .

A woman who suffered from an allergic reaction to hair dye that made her face swell to twice its size has been left too scared to leave the house .

It’s a role reversal in the Visayan Sea as HUNDREDS of tiny, glistening eggs are carried around inside the mouth of their cardinalfish father .

BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .

AS graffiti goes, this giant mural of a sweet little girl tenderly watering a tree beneath her is a far cry from what you usually see emblazoned across cities .

A former soldier who bravely took on penny-pinching NHS bosses in his fight against terminal cancer has died, aged 37 .

Heart pounding, Rebecca Cain jumped as a car door slammed on the street outside .