From a platter of finger licking chicken wings to a bowl of Chinese noodle soup, these foodie snaps are enough to make your savoury saliva glands drool .

SPLASHING around in a paddling pool, this little elephant soaks up the sunshine .

ESCAPING A LANDFILL FUTURE, these amazing science fiction inspired sculptures are made from everyday objects .

A mum-of-three lost half of her body weight after her daughter was teased by playground bullies for having a 'fat mum' .

DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .

This tranquil setting stretches for miles as the sun sets behind the mountain .

PERCHED on a branch, this Little Owl plays third wheel to two love birds .

An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .

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

It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .

A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .

Hot on the heels of a little rabbit, this cheetah is on a mission to catch his prey .