A 20st mum-of-four who was dangerously obese has lost half her body weight after her son drew her as a BLOB at school. Meryem Davies, 38, was shamed into losing 10st thanks to her five-year-old son Thomas’ brutal honesty. Now the online shopper at Sainsbury’s from Pontypridd, South Wales, weighs a healthy 10st and is a trim size 10.
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .
SNUGGLING up against their teddy bears, these baby sloths could easily be mistaken for one of the cuddly toys .
SOARING at 112 miles per hour through the air, this petite blonde certainly lives up to her title as the fastest flying woman in the world .
A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .
NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .
A quiet Himalayan mountain village springs to life for a colourful Buddhist festival designed to expel evil spirits and bring happiness .
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
POWERFUL bolts of lightning illuminate the night sky in an incredible autumn storm over the Sardinian coastline .
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 .
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .