Thousands of people are gathering at a stadium in Johannesburg for a memorial service for Nelson Mandela .

WIDE EYED with a huge smile across her face, this little elephant is a picture of happiness .

A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .

A professional dancer has embraced her individuality after refusing plastic surgery to remove a giant birthmark on her face .

A TEN-THOUSAND square foot wide Avatar-style grove is such a beauty it will leave you feeling VINE .

These are the fascinating pictures of miniature table sculptures molded around bonsai trees that take up to a painstaking 18 months to create .

A chipmunk, with his cheeks full to bursting, has no intention of leaving with an empty stomach .

KICKING back and relaxing with his arms outstretched, this chilled-out frog appears to be loving life as he takes some time out on a water lily leaf .

MEET the painter who makes his living squirting paint from his EYES .

Meet the human CCTV: a PCSO with a memory for faces so sharp he has apprehended more than 130 suspects in the last year alone with his eagle eyed talents .

A baby girl has become the youngest British patient to receive a life-saving cardiac operation after her heart swelled to twice its normal size within days of her birth .

This tranquil setting stretches for miles as the sun sets behind the mountain .