DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast. Bobbing its head as it moves through the frosty grass, the adorable creature darts and leaps across the field as it searches for the perfect meal. The delightful animal was photographed by Swiss student Etienne Francey as he watched the stoat play in fields in his hometown of Cousset in Switzerland. The 17-year-old says: ‘Cycling along a country road near my house one snowy day, I was startled to see a stoat run across the road in front of me.
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert .
The gunslingers are long gone and tumbleweeds have taken over at this abandoned American Wild West Theme Park in Cornwall .
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 .
VIBRANT bursts of colour fill the screen as beautiful flowers blossom in these time-lapse videos .
A British photographer has captured the beauty of London in a stunning series of landscapes shots .
SAILING over crystal clear waters, the Bajau people of Malaysia live their lives almost entirely at SEA .
SPLASHING around in a paddling pool, this little elephant soaks up the sunshine .
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 .
Swirling water and sand create amazing aerial images of river deltas across Iceland .
THIS ONE of a kind experience brings a whole new meaning to the phrase 'a coffee to go' .
This hungry white tiger has just one thing on her mind - to taste fresh meat .