Oday she is a picture of health - a happy, smiling child, enjoying life to the full.But less than 18 months ago little Kaiya Jackson was clinging to life in a hospital bed, rigged up to countless wires and bravely battling a deadly brain bug.Kaiya, now two, spent her first Christmas in hospital after a severe case of bacterial meningitis ravaged her body and doctors were forced to remove all of her fingers and her right foot just to give her a chance of life again.Then last Christmas, it was reported how little Kaiya was able to enjoy a festive meal for the first time ever using specially adapted cutlery that attaches to her wrist.Now, the determined tot is making new strides after receiving her first prosthetic leg - and her first ever pair of walking shoes.
A BABY-faced burglar is starting a seven year stretch in custody after being nabbed by a Jaffa Cake .
PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .
A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
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 .
WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .
A Brit photographer has captured one of the world's most camera-shy species of fish - during a game of underwater peek-a-boo .
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .
GETTING behind the camera, this monkey practices his photography skills on his friends .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
