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.
An Australian explorer has travelled the globe with a toy pig, known as Travel Piggy, in search of a missing cuddly companion .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
A cheeky chipmunk offers some of his spare food, before deciding against the idea and shoving the extra peanut into his already crammed mouth .
BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .
From vivid greens to glowing pinks, the colours of the aurora borealis fill the night sky above a snow covered Lapland .
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
BASKING in smug satisfaction, a confident squirrel gives a wink to the camera .
A mischievous fox cub demonstrates his playful side by biting his sibling’s tail .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .