An amputee who was cruelly nicknamed 'peg-leg' by school bullies has conquered her insecurities to become a model. Pretty Taylor Crisp, 19, from Leicester, was born with femur fibula ulna syndrome, which left her with a shortened femur on her right leg, no kneecap or ankle and a missing toe. After contracting an infection in her right leg, Taylor was forced to choose between life in a wheelchair or amputation.
An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .
NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013 .
HIDDEN in the middle of the Mojave Desert, a secret oasis awaits intrepid travellers .
Meet the human CCTV: a PCSO with a memory for faces so sharp he has apprehended more than 130 suspects in the last year alone with his eagle eyed talents .
DIPPING his head into the vase of water, this little squirrel takes a refreshing break from an afternoon of eating .
AIRPORT staff have been put on alert after diet pills that come in grenade shaped containers sparked security alerts .
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 .
A fox takes a tumble and lands on his head when he tries to fend off a pair of eagles in Japan .
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
WELCOME to the Temple of Zoom where you can “experience” sliding down a Mayan temple into shark infested waters .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .