A transgender woman has beaten the bullies after spending £25K on surgery to become a beauty pageant queen .

STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .

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

A curious red squirrel takes a break from collecting nuts and tries her hand at photography .

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 .

An Italian photographer travelled to the highlands of New Guinea where he met an Indonesian tribe untouched by the modern world .

A survivor of abuse has bravely waived her anonymity to tell how she was sexually assaulted from the age of nine - by her depraved grandad .

Meet the real-life Little Bo Peep - a young woman who spends her days tending to her four pet SHEEP .

WITH a paw in the air and his tongue hanging from his mouth, it is clear to see that this little groundhog is struggling to wake up and leave behind the comfort of his burrow .

A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .

ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .

A floating market in Indonesia is bursting with vibrant colours as wooden rowing boats loaded with fruit and vegetables crowd the river .