HIDING behind its flipper, this little seal comes over a little camera shy .

A deranged dad beat his girlfriend so savagely in a vicious 30 minute attack that the indent of his sovereign ring was left on her face .

This artist had a lot of bottle to re-create a masterpiece painted with nothing but 24 litres of cola .

DIPPING his head into the vase of water, this little squirrel takes a refreshing break from an afternoon of eating .

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 disabled sheep is enjoying a new fleece of life after receiving a specially-designed wheelchair .

An amputee who was cruelly nicknamed 'peg-leg' by school bullies has conquered her insecurities to become a model .

COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .

A floating market in Indonesia is bursting with vibrant colours as wooden rowing boats loaded with fruit and vegetables crowd the river .

A man who spent 30 minutes impaled on iron railings after attempting to scale an 8ft fence has told of his agonising ordeal - and how he suffered a similar mishap as a child .

RACING through the mountain range on horseback, the Kazakh people practice their ancient tradition of hunting with golden eagles .

THIS incredible shimmer of silver fish mirrors the image of that of an underwater tornado .