HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in. The eight chicks, born at Chester Zoo, snuggle up as they wait for their turn to be weighed. Looking right at home, the first chick to hatch weighs in at just 68g and has been named Panay, after an island in the Philippines. All of the new penguin chicks have been named after Southeast Asian islands to coincide with the zoo’s soon-to-be opened Islands exhibit.
LYING back in the snow, these two polar bears share a cuddle as they call time out on playtime .
CRAZY BEARDS come into their GROWN when they've been twisted and waxed into shape .
Some parents would gasp at the thought of their children playing with a toy gun, but these Russian children are actually encouraged to take up real arms .
A man who was stabbed ten times in a frenzied and random attack has told how, two years on, he is too scared to leave his house without his STAB VEST .
While most Brits look forward to long hot summer days, a mum-of-six will be staying in the shade - as she is allergic to the sun .
TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo .
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
A DARING duo take their chances and scale this spectacular 82ft frozen waterfall before it collapses .
A baby girl has become the youngest British patient to receive a life-saving cardiac operation after her heart swelled to twice its normal size within days of her birth .
A woman has celebrated the end of her marriage to her unfaithful husband by throwing herself a DIVORCE PARTY .
Fishermen in Myanmar have perfected an unusual fishing technique by carefully balancing on one leg .