A scoliosis sufferer was heartbroken to learn surgery would stop her dancing - but she battled through the pain to complete her GCSE dance exams and earn A*. Phoebe Grace, from Ashford, Kent, was diagnosed with scoliosis in October 2013, and this summer underwent surgery to correct the severe 50 and 55 degree curves in her contorted spine. Despite being just weeks away from major spine surgery, the 16-year-old was determined to complete her last dance performance in June.
FULL OF STUNNING colours and swirling shapes, the furrows on these fields create a mix of mesmerising patterns .
SITTING on a burning sofa unable to move, one man turns his terrifying dreams into reality .
FORGET Thorpe Park this summer as this is a 50 mile-per-hour ride over the Colorado River CANYON .
A disabled sheep is enjoying a new fleece of life after receiving a specially-designed wheelchair .
With the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
CAUSING a splash, this determined kingfisher goes hunting for dinner .
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
Beautiful turquoise waves rise and fall in a series of stunning images taken along the coastline of south-eastern Australia .
The gunslingers are long gone and tumbleweeds have taken over at this abandoned American Wild West Theme Park in Cornwall .
With their guts spewing and eyes hanging out, these are the cuddly toys children might be reluctant to curl up to .
A frilled lizard appears to be belting out a tune as it sits in a tree with its mouth open wide .