RACING down the slopes in her tiny ski gear, this TWO-YEAR-OLD girl has already mastered the art of skiing. Aurora Burns, of Girdwood, Alaska, is now more at home on a snowy mountainside than inside a sandpit. Her parents, Cody Burns, 29, and Andrea Peterson, 34, insist their daughter is destined to take off. Cody, a ski patrol night supervisor, says: “Aurora has been skiing since she was in the womb as Andrea was still keen to ski throughout her pregnancy, and we were showing her ski films as soon as she arrived.
WITH THEIR adorable big round eyes and fluffy white fur, these baby seals are cute enough to melt any heart .
THIS may look like a dolphin through jumping hoops, but it is in fact nothing more than a clever 3D pencil drawing .
PILES of trash provide a living for thousands in Nairobi, Kenya .
A mischievous fox cub demonstrates his playful side by biting his sibling’s tail .
ARM extended and head flung back, this little chipmunk performs a loose-limbed yoga move .
Villages on the Somerset Levels have faced weeks of flooding with no respite from the conditions in sight .
YOU’VE heard of the northern lights now feast your eyes on the natural wonder of the SOUTHERN lights .
BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
WEARING tiny Christmas accessories, these adorable babies get into the spirit of the season .
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .
INTIMATELY showcasing personal artefacts from a family's life, this abandoned bungalow has been left to rot for almost a decade .