A young mum-to-be who was told she would never fall pregnant due to a rare condition has decided to keep her miracle baby even though his birth could leave her paralysed and in pain forever .

A loving daughter has set up a Facebook page in a desperate plea to strangers, to donate a kidney to her dying mum .

HUNDREDS of hot air balloons decorate the sky above Turkey as the rising sun illuminates the spectacular scenery below .

BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .

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

Animal rescue volunteers have told how a cat riddled with cancer was forced to ripped off its own ears after it was abandoned by its owners .

An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .

For years Jeorgia Woodd, 30, abused her body, having succumbed to a condition known as 'diabulimia' .

A 20st mum-of-four who was dangerously obese has lost half her body weight after her son drew her as a BLOB at school .

A NINJA red squirrel cuts a dashing figure as the little fella jumps up to ten-feet between treetops in the Yorkshire Dales .

THIS astonishing film shows the moment a hit-and-run driver ploughed into a woman and a toddler on a Coventry street .

WITH the phosphorescent blobs and mesmerising patterns, these spectacular images may look like the hall marks of an enchanted forest but it is in fact the scene of thousands of dancing FIREFLIES .