Growing up, Jasmine Price, now four, loved watching her older sister, Mia Price, now 10, compete in beauty pageants .

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

RAISING his flipper, this two day old seal pup gives a wave to the camera .

Lying angelically with a range of expressions etched on their tiny faces, little bundles of joy are innocently captured in their first few days in these adorable photographs .

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 .

A young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .

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

RACING down the slopes in her tiny ski gear, this TWO-YEAR-OLD girl has already mastered the art of skiing .

WIDE EYED with a huge smile across her face, this little elephant is a picture of happiness .

This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .

A mum-of-two has revealed how her childhood friend of 20 years attacked her with a cosh and broke her nose in a vicious attack .

Thousands of people are gathering at a stadium in Johannesburg for a memorial service for Nelson Mandela .