HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .

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

CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .

Housands of cushions handmade as gifts for Olympics athletes may go to waste after London 2012 KNITWITS stitched up volunteers by refusing to allow them to hand them out .

HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .

A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .

Magical photos of your baby smiling for the first time are a priceless treasure for many a proud parent .

A young polar bear cub becomes the yogi bear as she stretches off for a morning aerobics session .

TUGGING at his exhausted mum's ears, a beautiful baby orangutan refuses to settle for a nap as he begins a game of peek-a-boo .

Destroyed buildings and overturned cars are seen after a huge tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma, near Oklahoma City, May 20, 2013 .

A five-week-old newborn from Fife has become the UK’s youngest beauty pageant baby .

DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .