WIDE EYED with a huge smile across her face, this little elephant is a picture of happiness .

Here’s a pair of shoes that really are fit for a princess, and with a price tag of more than £276,000, they are the most expensive shoes in the world .

An Italian photographer travelled to the highlands of New Guinea where he met an Indonesian tribe untouched by the modern world .

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

GETTING behind the camera, this monkey practices his photography skills on his friends .

Vikki Jose, 26 loves nothing more than lavishing gifts on her loved ones at Christmas time .

A Romanian woman is celebrating her new job as a knife-thrower’s assistant after leaving her family behind to move to the UK .

IN a galaxy far, far away, this collection of stunning interstellar formations will leave you STARSTRUCK .

FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .

A GLOWING range of greens and blues sweep across the sky in a spectacular display of light .

A couple from Bristol have told that they are often mistaken for father and daughter because of their huge 36 year age gap .

A baby sperm whale assumed the role of a friendly giant when faced with two awestruck divers .