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.
TUGGING at his exhausted mum's ears, a beautiful baby orangutan refuses to settle for a nap as he begins a game of peek-a-boo .
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
VENTURING into the ocean with self-made spears and nets, the fishermen of Zanzibar put their lives on the line when they catch food for their families .
THIS LITTLE squirrel tries to keep himself snug as snow starts to fall around him .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
AT 4,800 metres high and just three metres wide, this is the most dangerous road in the world .
Full of tired and busy commuters, these underground stations are rarely admired for their architecture or beauty .
FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .
DIPPING and diving their way through this bumpy journey, these giraffe's duck for cover as they dodge multiple cables and wires .
These are the amazing close up pictures of North Korea's mass games - after photographers were previously banned from taking shots so close to the dazzling formation dances .
This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .