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

A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .

The sun is finally out, bringing a smile to many people’s faces – including this cute little dormouse’s! Grinning from ear to ear, this tiny dormouse appears to have been tickled by something as it clambered up this flower, basking in the sunshine, whilst having a little laugh to himself .

FLEXING his muscles and staring straight at his opponent, this bodybuilding squirrel is the nuts .

The gunslingers are long gone and tumbleweeds have taken over at this abandoned American Wild West Theme Park in Cornwall .

This may look like a monster car engine that will leave petrol heads in a spin, but it is in fact a rather snazzy looking COFFEE MACHINE .

A teacher has told how she was attacked by a murderer on her way home from a night out but courageously managed to charm him out of strangling her .

DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast .

AN ITALIAN mechanic has created the world’s most ferocious mini-car .

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 .

WITHOUT A care in the world, this little snow monkey puts his feet up and settles in for a snooze .

FULL OF STUNNING colours and swirling shapes, the furrows on these fields create a mix of mesmerising patterns .