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.
An American man who suffered horrific third-degree burns to 70 percent of his body in a childhood accident has faced his fears by becoming a firefighter .
A GLOWING range of greens and blues sweep across the sky in a spectacular display of light .
SITTING on a burning sofa unable to move, one man turns his terrifying dreams into reality .
A baby who was given just a three per cent chance of survival at birth has beaten the odds to come home - even though docs told his parents to abort him 12 times .
Oday she is a picture of health - a happy, smiling child, enjoying life to the full .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
A stunning ice cave in Iceland is illuminated by sunlight as the bright blue ice appears glow inside .
SLEEPING within touching distance of wild African animals might not be everyone's idea of a relaxing break .
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 young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .