These adorable pictures show the moment two cuddly red panda cubs take their first look at the outside world and are weighed for the very first time .

Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .

A good samaritan who came to the aid of a rape victim has told how they were turned away from the Salvation Army because "they only help men" .

A transgender woman has beaten the bullies after spending £25K on surgery to become a beauty pageant queen .

MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .

A support worker was stunned to discover she was eight months pregnant after she was rushed to hospital with 'stomach cramps' .

FOR someone who hates milk, pensioner Steve Wheeler has got an udder-lot of it - nearly 20,000 bottles in fact .

A man who spent 30 minutes impaled on iron railings after attempting to scale an 8ft fence has told of his agonising ordeal - and how he suffered a similar mishap as a child .

BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .

A talented artist has created artwork with a KICKIN' twist by painting on his pregnant wife's bump .

High up in the mountains and thousands of feet off the ground, a party of climbers were in for a shock as they came face to face with this frightening leap of faith .

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