STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .

A Romanian woman is celebrating her new job as a knife-thrower’s assistant after leaving her family behind to move to the UK .

A mum who weighed just 8st 1lb at eight months pregnant has battled her eating disorder to give birth to a healthy baby girl .

OFFERING a glimpse into the past, a mash-up of old and new photographs show how the world’s biggest cities have changed .

A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .

Pint- size Maci Winters only has one wish this Christmas - to be as tall as the other boys and girls on the school playground .

FOR TWO memory-impaired parents their new-born baby Cian is a living timekeeper .

A floating market in Indonesia is bursting with vibrant colours as wooden rowing boats loaded with fruit and vegetables crowd the river .

This cheeky chappie is getting into all kinds of monkey business as he enjoys cooling off on a scorching hot day .

A ROAD KILL munching Scot has chewed on everything from a dead squirrel to an unlucky crow – all in the name of art .

A former size 30 comfort-eater ditched her husband and lost over 10st after he called her a 'fat cow' .

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