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

THIS LITTLE squirrel tries to keep himself snug as snow starts to fall around him .

SURROUNDED by a snowstorm, these young polar bears battle the elements - as well as each other .

Swimming side by side with divers, these manatees will do anything they can to stay warm .

SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .

ARMED with her camera, bikini and flippers, this brave diver goes swimming with SHARKS .

Have you ever wanted to emulate the Duchess of Cambridge's style? Well, now there's an app for that .

This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .

A woman who left a fellow nightclubber needing plastic surgery after savagely biting her on the hand because she was hungry, has been spared prison .

With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .

A couple have got engaged after the bride-to-be’s boyfriend set her a Facebook ‘likes’ challenge .

An artist has transformed traditional Thanksgiving dinners into mini-masterpieces .