BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .

These adorable pictures show the moment two cuddly red panda cubs take their first look at the outside world and are weighed for the very first time .

A 20st mum-of-four who was dangerously obese has lost half her body weight after her son drew her as a BLOB at school .

WOMB STROKE SURVIVOR AMAZES DOCS BY TAKING FIRST STEPS - A little girl who suffered a catastrophic stroke in the womb which would have killed an adult has stunned the medical world by learning to walk, talk and see .

SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .

A young girl has been forced to stay indoors this winter because a rare allergy to the cold could kill her .

LIKE A scene from A Bugs Life, these ants work on creating their own mini community .

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

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

These images of vintage cars, bikes and vans, pictured all over the world, could easily have come from a globetrotting petrol-head’s photo album .

HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .

A Kermit the Frog toy made famous by travelling the world is still globehopping, having racked up an incredible 420,000 kilometres to some of the world's furthest flung places .