STRETCHING his little legs in the air, a smiley leaf-tailed gecko breaks free from his old, scaly skin. Using his mouth to peel away each paper-like layer of skin, the 30cm reptile appears to be grinning as he prepares for the hot weather. The bright-eyed gecko, named Cuillin, spent four hours shedding his skin and ate each piece as he freed himself one limb at a time. Watching her pet gecko in amazement, Angi Wallace, 47, of Newcastle upon Tyne photographed Cuillin as he broke free from his onesie-like layer.
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .
Ever wished you could live in a house just like Barbie's? Canadian sculptor Heather Benning has created the life-size dollhouse of her dreams out a derelict building .
THIS may look like a dolphin through jumping hoops, but it is in fact nothing more than a clever 3D pencil drawing .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
A pair of snarling foxes go paw-to-paw and brawl after unexpectedly crossing paths .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .
HUNDREDS of hot air balloons decorate the sky above Turkey as the rising sun illuminates the spectacular scenery below .
WITH STUNNING colours and serene scenes, these photographs capture the otherworldly beauty of the English coast .
ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .