From foster care to the MAGICAL world of cosplay, a young girl’s dreams become reality after being adopted by a photography loving couple .

Scurrying along the branch of a tree, a little squirrel pushes a pram packed full of Easter treats .

A survivor of abuse has bravely waived her anonymity to tell how she was sexually assaulted from the age of nine - by her depraved grandad .

A pair of chicks bravely decided to befriend a python, despite being the snake's favourite choice of food .

From the tails of fighter planes to black and white checked buildings, graveyards take different and unusual forms around the world .

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 .

NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .

SURROUNDED by tens of thousands of fish, this outnumbered diver is dwarfed by a mass of sea life .

NEVER mind being careful not to choke on your food, this mother bird has a bigger challenge on her hands, as her ravenous offspring impatiently launches its head down into her stomach .

FLAUNTING its new accessory, a fashionable green dumpy tree frog poses for the camera while wearing a SNAIL as a hat .

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 .

HUDDLED together in the hollow of a tree, it would be easy to overlook these two sleepy owls as they blend into the trunk .