A professional dancer has embraced her individuality after refusing plastic surgery to remove a giant birthmark on her face. Canadian beauty, Cassandra Naud, 22, loves her unique appearance and even credits her birthmark for making her memorable in the dancing world. The pretty brunette, from Alberta, Canada, who was once told by a casting agent to digitally erase her birthmark from her headshots, says: 'My birthmark is a huge part of me. “It makes me unique and memorable, which is especially important for the career I’ve chosen.'
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .
Enjoying life’s little pleasures is something that many struggle to do .
An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
A pair of snarling foxes go paw-to-paw and brawl after unexpectedly crossing paths .
GETTING behind the camera, this monkey practices his photography skills on his friends .
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
A group of shelter dogs showcase their loveable personalities in a series of passport-style photographs - in the hope of finding their forever homes .
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
It’s a role reversal in the Visayan Sea as HUNDREDS of tiny, glistening eggs are carried around inside the mouth of their cardinalfish father .
What lies beneath this building site? Britain's great hope of winning the pre-WW2 arms race against Nazi Germany .