Pint- size Maci Winters only has one wish this Christmas - to be as tall as the other boys and girls on the school playground. Wearing her leopard print skirt and sparkly pink tights, six year-old Maci's big personality still commands the room- despite the 18-24 months label. The tiny school girl stands at just 99cm tall and weighs less than two stone - the same size as a toddler. Maci, from Pontefract, West Yorkshire, suffers from a rare genetic condition called Russell-Silver Syndrome, a form of primordial dwarfism that affects 1 in 100,000 babies.
In the calm waters of Greenland, gigantic icebergs dwarf everything around them .
THIS LITTLE squirrel tries to keep himself snug as snow starts to fall around him .
It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .
Fishermen in Myanmar have perfected an unusual fishing technique by carefully balancing on one leg .
THIS UNUSUAL collaboration between a mother and her two-year-old daughter makes for some stunning works of art .
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STANDING on its hind legs, a nosey polar bear presses its paws against the window of a truck and takes a peek at the tourist inside .
VENTURING into the ocean with self-made spears and nets, the fishermen of Zanzibar put their lives on the line when they catch food for their families .
A woman with a rare allergy to water has told how the condition is so severe it prevents her from KISSING her fiance .