WITH A STERN look of determination on their faces, these adorable pooches perfect their doggy paddle as they dive head first into a swimming pool .

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

A SERENE turquoise glow glimmers from underneath these powerful icebergs .

THIS UNUSUAL collaboration between a mother and her two-year-old daughter makes for some stunning works of art .

Peering curiously into a basket hanging off the arms of a snowman, this little squirrel appears fascinated by the snowy figure .

Meet the real life anime girl who looks like a living cartoon character despite never going under the knife .

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 .

Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .

A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .

N evil mugger who battered a Birmingham old soldier and fled with just £40 has been jailed for nine years .

A tiny puppy who lost his front legs after being hit by a train has been given and new LEASH of life with a set of wheels .

A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .