STARING eagerly into the camera, this little toad is full of curiosity. He bobs his eyes above the water and surveys the scene, ready for his close-up. These photographs were captured by French marine biologist Mathieu Foulquie, 39, after he spotted the friendly toad in the resurgence of a little river near Montpellier, France. Mathieu, of Montpellier, France, was investigating underwater in a river named 'la Bueges' when he put his hand on the river bed and the toad grabbed his fingers.
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .
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 .
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .
GIANT garden sculptures don't beat about the bush .
SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner .
An American woman whose skin turned silver after using nose drops is warning people of the dangers of medicines containing the metal .
Bryanna Debinder, 20, from Pennsylvania in the USA, has lost 7 stone in order to impress her idol .
THE TOWERING Irish cliffs of Moher stand tall over the rippling Atlantic Ocean .
WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .
A mother-of-three who weighed almost 16st has revealed how she lost 7 .
ROLLING across a 65-metre-high viaduct in the Alps, the red carriages of the Bernina Express add a splash of colour to the spectacular snow-covered Swiss surroundings .
They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day and for this greedy camel he can't get enough of his morning feed, as he gate crashes his owner's mealtime .