A little boy was left fighting for his life in hospital after a horrific allergic reaction to epilepsy medication made his skin fall off in chunks. Five-year-old Ellis Stacey developed a one-in-a-million condition that gripped his body, covering his skin in agonising blisters. Within days, the skin on his face, back, arms and legs had peeled off. His devastated parents, Kayleigh Drayton, 25, and aerospace technician Carl Stacey, 26, were warned that he could die within days as the condition ravaged his body.
Lying angelically with a range of expressions etched on their tiny faces, little bundles of joy are innocently captured in their first few days in these adorable photographs .
The aurora lights captured in Blair Nebraska, America - WITH electrifying purple and illuminous green brightening up the night sky, this is the rare moment a flash of 'sprite' lightening was captured on camera .
A makeup artist from the West Midlands magically transforms herself into famous cartoon characters using body paint .
SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
A ROAD KILL munching Scot has chewed on everything from a dead squirrel to an unlucky crow – all in the name of art .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
WITH a paw in the air and his tongue hanging from his mouth, it is clear to see that this little groundhog is struggling to wake up and leave behind the comfort of his burrow .
THESE kingfishers prove no rod is needed as they go fishing for their dinner .
A SPECTACULAR array of stars fills the night sky as they soar over this active volcano .
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .
CAMPED out in the middle of a forest, these unusual hut hotels take you back to basics .