A young makeup artist has hit back at vile internet trolls who dubbed her a 'swamp creature' and 'ugly' for exposing her troubled skin in online makeup tutorials .

HIDING behind its flipper, this little seal comes over a little camera shy .

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

SITTING on a burning sofa unable to move, one man turns his terrifying dreams into reality .

Soldiers standing guard outside the Woolwich barracks in London - Two terror suspects are under armed guard in separate hospitals in London after a serving soldier was hacked to death in the street .

A photographer from the United Arab Emirates travelled to Pakistan where he captured the lives of local people in a series of expressive portraits .

Pint- size Maci Winters only has one wish this Christmas - to be as tall as the other boys and girls on the school playground .

FROM MRS Patmore to Lady Sybil, these barking mad illustrations show the WOOF-er side of some of our most loved Downton characters .

A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .

A lazy tree frog, tired of hopping along a branch, chooses the slowest form of transport when it jumps on top of an unsuspecting snail .

A scoliosis sufferer was heartbroken to learn surgery would stop her dancing - but she battled through the pain to complete her GCSE dance exams and earn A* .

A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .