SLEEPING within touching distance of wild African animals might not be everyone's idea of a relaxing break .

An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .

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 .

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

A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .

A Game of Thrones obsessed couple have fallen in love after meeting at a comic convention dressed as lovestruck characters Daenerys Targaryen and Khal Drago .

A puppy bit off more than he could chew when he stole a six inch Chinese spare rib from his owner and swallowed it WHOLE, Cheeky Staffordshire bull terrier Rossi had his life SPARED when he underwent a life-saving operation to remove the bone from his stomach after swiping part of the takeaway meal .

SQUABBLING over the last piece of grain, these hungry squirrels are determined to stock up on as much food as possible .

THIS incredible shimmer of silver fish mirrors the image of that of an underwater tornado .

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 soap bubble lands on the frosty ground and creates a shimmering snow globe as crystals form around it .

Here's a collection of art for the DIGIT-AL age as these fascinating illusions of landmarks, places and even a banana are made using just a pair of hands .