WIDE EYED with a huge smile across her face, this little elephant is a picture of happiness .

ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another .

GIANT garden sculptures don't beat about the bush .

SNOWBOARDING in your £2,000 wedding dress sounds like a nightmare for most brides .

From the crisp, snow clad mountains to vivid bright blue rivers, these breath-taking photographs capture the incredible beauty of various landscapes across France and Italy .

Beautiful turquoise waves rise and fall in a series of stunning images taken along the coastline of south-eastern Australia .

THIS ONE of a kind experience brings a whole new meaning to the phrase 'a coffee to go' .

This tranquil setting stretches for miles as the sun sets behind the mountain .

A deranged dad beat his girlfriend so savagely in a vicious 30 minute attack that the indent of his sovereign ring was left on her face .

A young woman has told how she has been robbed of her fertility and now faces an uncertain future after she was diagnosed with cervical cancer at the age of just 22 .

Lying angelically with a range of expressions etched on their tiny faces, little bundles of joy are innocently captured in their first few days in these adorable photographs .

A woman who suffered from an allergic reaction to hair dye that made her face swell to twice its size has been left too scared to leave the house .