An eight-year-old boy who lost his legs and left hand to meningitis is standing tall after learning to walk on his prosthetic limbs. Despite receiving the meningitis C vaccination as a baby, Kye Vincent was diagnosed with meningococcal septicaemia earlier this year on Mother’s Day, just six days after his baby sister, Layla was born. The deadly illness ravaged his body and medics were forced to induce him into a coma to give him the best chance of survival. Thankfully, the plucky youngster has battled against the odds and is looking forward to spending Christmas with his family in his new adapted home.
PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .
A frilled lizard appears to be belting out a tune as it sits in a tree with its mouth open wide .
Hot on the heels of a little rabbit, this cheetah is on a mission to catch his prey .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
A carefree bear cub reclines in the water with his feet raised in the air .
Fishermen in Myanmar have perfected an unusual fishing technique by carefully balancing on one leg .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
A pair of snarling foxes go paw-to-paw and brawl after unexpectedly crossing paths .
WELCOME to the 125 decibel boombox bus that could damage your hearing if you party too close to its giant speakers .
SQUABBLING over the last piece of grain, these hungry squirrels are determined to stock up on as much food as possible .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .