STANDING on its hind legs, a nosey polar bear presses its paws against the window of a truck and takes a peek at the tourist inside .

A couple celebrated tying the knot with a spectacular Alice in Wonderland-themed wedding reception .

A mother told she had terminal cancer by doctors who ignored her pleas for help 13 times has made a miracle recovery following the UK's first operation of its kind .

A mum who has hid behind the hair loss condition alopecia for the last 20 years has bravely revealed a secret compulsion to tear out her own hair that has tormented her since she was a child .

WOMB STROKE SURVIVOR AMAZES DOCS BY TAKING FIRST STEPS - A little girl who suffered a catastrophic stroke in the womb which would have killed an adult has stunned the medical world by learning to walk, talk and see .

FROM ICE bubbles to boiling lava, these photographs highlight the stunning shapes and patterns found in nature .

FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .

EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal .

LIKE A scene from A Bugs Life, these ants work on creating their own mini community .

THIS is the EXPLOSIVE moment when a 50 metre high pylon came crashing down to earth in a rural field .

WRAPPED up in classy headscarves, these adorable pooches are the picture of sophistication .

EXPERTLY camouflaged, this clever panther chameleon knows how to catch its prey by surprise .