The sun is finally out, bringing a smile to many people’s faces – including this cute little dormouse’s! Grinning from ear to ear, this tiny dormouse appears to have been tickled by something as it clambered up this flower, basking in the sunshine, whilst having a little laugh to himself .

A curious red squirrel takes a break from collecting nuts and tries her hand at photography .

An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert .

THESE LOVE BIRDS can’t keep their beaks off each other as they share a very public display of affection .

WELCOME to the pretty 122-inch-tall red dwelling that lays claim to the title of the UK's smallest house .

HOTSPOT MEDIA - LETHAL BIRTHMARK NEARLY SUFFOCATES GIRL: Zoe Mitchell when she was two-weeks-old .

A little boy whose brain grew inside his nose has been described as the 'real-life Pinocchio' by his proud mum .

A woman has told how her addiction to eating bath bubbles during her pregnancy was better than SEX .

AN expectant mum suffered crippling contractions lasting a gruelling two months, due to complications from a rare condition .

With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .

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

AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .