A young girl has been forced to stay indoors this winter because a rare allergy to the cold could kill her. While most children dream of a white Christmas, eight-year-old Lola Dyer, dreads the chilly days. The schoolgirl suffers from a condition called cold urticaria and being outside for just a few minutes leaves her with painful rashes all over her body. The allergy is so bad it has even landed her in hospital after she developed breathing difficulties.
A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .
A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
A project to create an underwater tribute to the stone Moai statues of Easter Island ended in disaster when 15 replica structures were destroyed after toppling from a boat and into the sea .
THESE kingfishers prove no rod is needed as they go fishing for their dinner .
THEIR gnarling teeth at the ready, these two baboons fight it out for the last piece of fruit .
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
Fishermen in Myanmar have perfected an unusual fishing technique by carefully balancing on one leg .
This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .
THIS BIGFOOT 'Jesus bird' may look silly, but he's perfectly designed for walking on water .
A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .
From a platter of finger licking chicken wings to a bowl of Chinese noodle soup, these foodie snaps are enough to make your savoury saliva glands drool .
WITH LUSH GREEN LANDSCAPES stretching out as far as the eye can see, you're in for a treat at these one of a kind treehouses .