Magical photos of your baby smiling for the first time are a priceless treasure for many a proud parent .

With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .

WITH A wide smile plastered across his face, this little gecko is ready for his close up .

SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .

A Crohn's sufferer has slammed doctors who allegedly accused her of being anorexic after she lost 10st in just three months .

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

An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .

WOMB STROKE SURVIVOR AMAZES DOCS BY TAKING FIRST STEPS - A little girl who suffered a catastrophic stroke in the womb which would have killed an adult has stunned the medical world by learning to walk, talk and see .

THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .

WELCOME to the Temple of Zoom where you can “experience” sliding down a Mayan temple into shark infested waters .

PAWS for thought as you feast your eyes on this rare bear bathing session .

SAT ON top of a Brazilian turtle’s head, this little ladybird looks content as he studies his environment from a new height .