A BLIND school-girl whose growth has been stunted by a rare medical condition is finding her feet again with the help of a specially made mini-cane.At just 34in tall, little Lexi Drake struggled to get by using even the smallest of white stick’s because it was too big for her tiny body.She is overshadowed by her friends as cute Lexi is the height of a two-year-old because she is one of the few people in the country to be affected by Turner‘s Syndrome, a chromosomal abnormality in which all or part of one of the sex chromosomes is absent.Her mum Anna had taken her to the opticians after she crawled into a table when she was a tot, fearing she may have problems with her eyes. She was told Lexi simply needed glasses, but two weeks later she devastatingly found out her daughter was in fact blind.
SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .
TENNIS was a game made for three according to the first Victorian rule book .
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While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .
This cheeky macaque gets up close and personal as he examines the dental hygiene of his fellow primate .
AFTER splashing out on sexy black lingerie, Paige Way was excited for a romantic night away at a swanky hotel with her boyfriend .
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
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 weightlifter has lost a whopping 12st after swapping biscuits for biceps .
FROM COLOURFUL autumn leaves to living trees at first glance you might miss these people blended with nature .
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .