A curious red squirrel takes a break from collecting nuts and tries her hand at photography. Climbing up a tiny set of makeshift stairs, the bushy-tailed rodent carefully inspects a camera before observing the colourful autumnal view. Behind a different camera, 48-year-old photographer Geert Weggen captured the scene in his garden in Bispgarden, Sweden. Geert says: "Seeing the little squirrel behind the camera was really amusing."
SQUEEZING their furry faces through a hole in a tree, a trio of curious baby squirrels leave their nest for the first time to explore their surroundings .
WELCOME to the real Frankenstein's lab where carefully pickled creatures are left to stew in jars .
A soap bubble lands on the frosty ground and creates a shimmering snow globe as crystals form around it .
A mum-of-two has worn the same t-shirt for an entire year to raise awareness of a 1 in 7 million condition that prevents her daughter from talking .
STRETCHING his little legs in the air, a smiley leaf-tailed gecko breaks free from his old, scaly skin .
A loving daughter has set up a Facebook page in a desperate plea to strangers, to donate a kidney to her dying mum .
THEIR gnarling teeth at the ready, these two baboons fight it out for the last piece of fruit .
MESMERIZING night sky photographs offer a spellbinding look at the stars .
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 woman with a rare condition that means she collapses every time she laughs fears she may have passed the rare illness onto her young son .
SAILING over crystal clear waters, the Bajau people of Malaysia live their lives almost entirely at SEA .
With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .