RACING down the slopes in her tiny ski gear, this TWO-YEAR-OLD girl has already mastered the art of skiing. Aurora Burns, of Girdwood, Alaska, is now more at home on a snowy mountainside than inside a sandpit. Her parents, Cody Burns, 29, and Andrea Peterson, 34, insist their daughter is destined to take off. Cody, a ski patrol night supervisor, says: “Aurora has been skiing since she was in the womb as Andrea was still keen to ski throughout her pregnancy, and we were showing her ski films as soon as she arrived.
FIFTEEEN years after it was closed pictures by a British teacher show the calamity Hong Kong airport that was closed for being too dangerous .
A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .
TUGGING on the wing of his sibling, this needy owl is after some attention .
A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .
SWIMMING slowly towards the shore, a small group of bottlenose dolphins arrive for breakfast at a beach in Western Australia .
Most people bend over backwards to keep children entertained, but this baboon show us how it’s done .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .
Swimming side by side with divers, these manatees will do anything they can to stay warm .
BEAUTIFULLY lit by the dim glow of lanterns, a cave in Iceland is transformed into the perfect wedding venue .
AN EXERCISING turtle and an ice-skating chick are hardly everyday exploits in the animal community .
Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .