PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea. The curious rodent is obviously suspicious of its new toy and after holding the copper tea-pot above its head, the squirrel attempts to wear the prop as a hat. The playful squirrel was photographed by carpenter Geert Weggen in his garden in Bispgarden, Sweden.
A mother-of-one has told how she nearly died after contracting toxic shock syndrome from a tampon .
An owl swoops through the air before making an unorthodox landing - right on top of an unsuspecting man's head .
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .
SURROUNDED by divers, a hungry green sea turtle enjoys being the centre of attention .
A terrifying prankster has given unsuspecting urban explorers the fright of their lives .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
Ashlee, 20, has always known that she was supposed to be a girl .
BLOWING bubbles underwater, this adorable polar bear slides into his tank for a playful dip .
LIKE A scene from A Bugs Life, these ants work on creating their own mini community .
In the calm waters of Greenland, gigantic icebergs dwarf everything around them .
A 21st stone woman suffering from 'body blindness' like Dawn French shed more than half her body weight after a shock revelation brought her to her senses .
An intrepid photographer travelled to the abandoned ghost town of Bodie in northern California to capture the historic buildings that are trapped in time .