A retired foster carer has spent a whopping £48k on her brood of lifelike dolls .

Ashlee, 20, has always known that she was supposed to be a girl .

A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .

TUGGING at his exhausted mum's ears, a beautiful baby orangutan refuses to settle for a nap as he begins a game of peek-a-boo .

A teenager has beaten anorexia after becoming so ill that her mum planned her funeral .

A woman has told how she fled to Australia, after a one night stand burned down her house .

A miracle baby has overcome a one-in-five-million brain condition – after a blob of glue saved his life .

BEAUTIFULLY lit by the dim glow of lanterns, a cave in Iceland is transformed into the perfect wedding venue .

DIPPING and diving their way through this bumpy journey, these giraffe's duck for cover as they dodge multiple cables and wires .

An eight-year-old boy who lost his legs and left hand to meningitis is standing tall after learning to walk on his prosthetic limbs .

TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo .

COVERING themselves in ash and face paint, these are the holy men who live their lives away from everyday society .