Growing up, Jasmine Price, now four, loved watching her older sister, Mia Price, now 10, compete in beauty pageants .

Walking down the street in her local town, heads turn as Jessica Villafane passes by .

PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .

FROM COLOURFUL autumn leaves to living trees at first glance you might miss these people blended with nature .

A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .

BEAUTIFULLY lit by the dim glow of lanterns, a cave in Iceland is transformed into the perfect wedding venue .

CREATED over 60 years ago, this weighty machine was the Photoshop of its time .

These are the faces of orphans suffering from the horrifying effects of chemical warfare .

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 .

HIDING behind its flipper, this little seal comes over a little camera shy .

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

SNUGGLED up in the hay away from the elements, this adorable hoglet has sought solace with a familiar friend .