One sheepdog is taking a well-deserved rest after giving birth to a whole WHEELBARROW-FUL of puppies .

FLEXING his muscles and staring straight at his opponent, this bodybuilding squirrel is the nuts .

A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .

A proud stag attempts to impress the females by donning an enormous fern headdress in London's Bushy Park .

When mum-of-three Becky Tully was told she couldn’t have any more children due to health reasons, she refused to give up on having the little girl she had always wanted .

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

SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner .

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

This may look like a monster car engine that will leave petrol heads in a spin, but it is in fact a rather snazzy looking COFFEE MACHINE .

THE TOWERING Irish cliffs of Moher stand tall over the rippling Atlantic Ocean .

VENTURING into the ocean with self-made spears and nets, the fishermen of Zanzibar put their lives on the line when they catch food for their families .

A mother told she had terminal cancer by doctors who ignored her pleas for help 13 times has made a miracle recovery following the UK's first operation of its kind .