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

A mum from Gloucestershire has accepted her four-year-old twin son’s decision to live full time as a girl - and is now letting him wear a skirt to school .

With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .

THESE LOVE BIRDS can’t keep their beaks off each other as they share a very public display of affection .

Pictures of John Anslow a prisoner who escaped from a prison escort van in North Worcestershire Monday, 23 January .

Here's a collection of art for the DIGIT-AL age as these fascinating illusions of landmarks, places and even a banana are made using just a pair of hands .

Whether they’re sharing a bath or snuggled up during a nap, a baby and his bulldog buddy make an utterly adorable twosome .

A cheeky chipmunk offers some of his spare food, before deciding against the idea and shoving the extra peanut into his already crammed mouth .

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

SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .

Popping impressive moves despite high-wiring at three THOUSAND feet .

These adorable pictures show the moment two cuddly red panda cubs take their first look at the outside world and are weighed for the very first time .