This daredevil wildebeest tried a walk on the wild side - straight into the snatches of a huge 18 foot crocodile .

ROLLING up snow in its tiny paws, this little squirrel is looking for a snowball fight .

From vivid greens to glowing pinks, the colours of the aurora borealis fill the night sky above a snow covered Lapland .

STARING eagerly into the camera, this little toad is full of curiosity .

An Australian explorer has travelled the globe with a toy pig, known as Travel Piggy, in search of a missing cuddly companion .

Soldiers standing guard outside the Woolwich barracks in London - Two terror suspects are under armed guard in separate hospitals in London after a serving soldier was hacked to death in the street .

BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .

A woman with a rare condition that means she collapses every time she laughs fears she may have passed the rare illness onto her young son .

AS graffiti goes, this giant mural of a sweet little girl tenderly watering a tree beneath her is a far cry from what you usually see emblazoned across cities .

Southern England, the south-west and west Wales have been warned to expect more wild weather, with heavy rain and high tides possibly leading to coastal flooding and travel disruption over the weekend .

A COUNCIL has come under fire for slapping fines on people’s GRAVESTONES for breaching petty regulations on pot plants .

An amputee who was cruelly nicknamed 'peg-leg' by school bullies has conquered her insecurities to become a model .