SAT ON top of a Brazilian turtle’s head, this little ladybird looks content as he studies his environment from a new height .

Pinning a purple flower into her bleach blonde hair, pretty Ava admired herself in the mirror .

The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .

WITHOUT a care in the world, this little chimpanzee shows off her gymnastic skills as she swings around her enclosure .

A mother told she had terminal cancer by doctors who ignored her pleas for help 13 times has made a miracle recovery following the UK's first operation of its kind .

SURROUNDED by a snowstorm, these young polar bears battle the elements - as well as each other .

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

Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .

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 .

SOME OF the sea’s most terrifying creatures show their softer side as they join a group of diners for lunch .

A teacher has told how she was attacked by a murderer on her way home from a night out but courageously managed to charm him out of strangling her .

A young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .