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 .

WITH their robotic movements and pristine uniforms, these are the sexy traffic girls of North Korea that are becoming iconic figures in the secretive state .

HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .

SOME OF the sea’s most terrifying creatures show their softer side as they join a group of diners for lunch .

This may look like a monster car engine that will leave petrol heads in a spin, but it is in fact a rather snazzy looking COFFEE MACHINE .

LYING back in the snow, these two polar bears share a cuddle as they call time out on playtime .

Oday she is a picture of health - a happy, smiling child, enjoying life to the full .

A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .

EXTRAORDINARY elephants create beautiful paintings in Thailand .

RACING through the mountain range on horseback, the Kazakh people practice their ancient tradition of hunting with golden eagles .

A man who spent 30 minutes impaled on iron railings after attempting to scale an 8ft fence has told of his agonising ordeal - and how he suffered a similar mishap as a child .

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