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.
GETTING behind the camera, this monkey practices his photography skills on his friends .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .
SOME OF the sea’s most terrifying creatures show their softer side as they join a group of diners for lunch .
PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .
THIS is the shocking moment a clumsy radio newsreader plunged into a freezing canal while texting her boyfriend instead of looking where she was going .
WITHOUT A care in the world, this little snow monkey puts his feet up and settles in for a snooze .
MESMERIZING night sky photographs offer a spellbinding look at the stars .
A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs .
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
WE’RE all familiar with the heart-wrenching pictures of dogs abandoned in animal shelters, but one photographer has found an innovative way of showcasing the pooch’s personality .
SWIMMING in unison, millions of silverside fish dwarf the divers .