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 Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
A diver explores the crystal clear waters of the Silfra canyon in southern Iceland, which is the only place on Earth where you can dive or snorkel between two continental plates .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .
Beautiful turquoise waves rise and fall in a series of stunning images taken along the coastline of south-eastern Australia .
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
At first glance what might look like ordinary rusty bridge and road railings, are in fact amazing works of art .
SPLASHING in the water and fighting in-between rocks, these energetic tigers enjoy their fun-filled morning .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
PUSHING the diver out of his way, this little sea turtle shows he’s not in the mood for photographs .