A nine year old girl nearly lost her leg after doctors initially misdiagnosed her bone cancer as a pulled muscle .

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

WITH A wide smile plastered across his face, this little gecko is ready for his close up .

LIKE A scene from A Bugs Life, these ants work on creating their own mini community .

A woman has shed half her body weight after undergoing a gastric sleeve op to shrink her stomach .

The rock restaurant, located in Zanzibar – THIS unique restaurant really does boast breath-taking views - as it is perched on a rock in the middle of the sea .

STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .

TOMORROW (Saturday) marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated .

BALANCING on top of a tree, this bear cub puts her climbing skills to the test .

FULL OF STUNNING colours and swirling shapes, the furrows on these fields create a mix of mesmerising patterns .

Lying angelically with a range of expressions etched on their tiny faces, little bundles of joy are innocently captured in their first few days in these adorable photographs .

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