HOTSPOT MEDIA - FUNKY BUMP: FROM MIRROR bellies to rainbow bumps these pregnancy casts of stone and bronze could be the funkiest way to preserve your bump for posterity .

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

SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .

HIDING behind its flipper, this little seal comes over a little camera shy .

THIS LITTLE squirrel tries to keep himself snug as snow starts to fall around him .

It’s a role reversal in the Visayan Sea as HUNDREDS of tiny, glistening eggs are carried around inside the mouth of their cardinalfish father .

BALANCING on top of a tree, this bear cub puts her climbing skills to the test .

A mum has celebrated each of her four pregnancies with a host of wacky stunts - including acrobatics, aerial contortion, pole-dancing and risque photo shoots .

A six-year-old boy has been left almost blind after a one-in-a-million allergic reaction to antibiotics .

The UK's first hotline - and possibly the galaxy's - for people who have been targeted by aliens has opened to the public .

Pint- size Maci Winters only has one wish this Christmas - to be as tall as the other boys and girls on the school playground .

In June 2023, Aimee da Cunha, 33, from Perth, Australia, was boiling potatoes on the stove when her two-year-old daughter, Hailey, knocked the pan of water over her .