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 BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .
NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013 .
HEART-MELTING shots of a French bulldog and a ten-month-old French baby could be the cutest you’re likely to see .
A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .
AT 4,800 metres high and just three metres wide, this is the most dangerous road in the world .
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
SHOVELLING food into his mouth, this hungry gorilla enjoys a peaceful moment at dinner time .
LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .
Beautiful turquoise waves rise and fall in a series of stunning images taken along the coastline of south-eastern Australia .
A little clownfish opens its mouth to reveal a blood sucking intruder living on its tongue .
AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .
A small Indian monkey is seemingly gob-smacked after reading the latest stock market news .