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.'
An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .
A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .
WRAPPED up in classy headscarves, these adorable pooches are the picture of sophistication .
TOWERING 65 metres into the sky, this terrifying accent is a dream for climbers .
An artist has transformed traditional Thanksgiving dinners into mini-masterpieces .
A soap bubble lands on the frosty ground and creates a shimmering snow globe as crystals form around it .
A tiny puppy who lost his front legs after being hit by a train has been given and new LEASH of life with a set of wheels .
A small Indian monkey is seemingly gob-smacked after reading the latest stock market news .
A Brit photographer has captured one of the world's most camera-shy species of fish - during a game of underwater peek-a-boo .
A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .
JUDGE BLASTED FOR LETTING PAEDO WALK FREE A PERVERT who sexually assaulted two young girls on an allotment, telling them he was brushing spiders off them, has walked free from court – because jailing him was ‘unfair’ on his family .
These images of vintage cars, bikes and vans, pictured all over the world, could easily have come from a globetrotting petrol-head’s photo album .