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.
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
As sunlight cascades through its vibrant stained glass windows, every inch of the Nasir-ol-Mulk Mosque bursts with colour .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
Pouncing down on top of his twin brother, these two snow leopard cubs practice their kung-fu moves .
A DETERMINED great blue heron holds on tightly to its prey as the furry gopher attempts to wriggle free .
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 .
This cheeky chappie is getting into all kinds of monkey business as he enjoys cooling off on a scorching hot day .
PUSHING the diver out of his way, this little sea turtle shows he’s not in the mood for photographs .
Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .
SHOWING off her best assets for the camera, this cheeky orangutan is in the mood for love, puckering up her lips to blow the biggest kiss she can .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .